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Introduction
This page describes the general scheme how xrootd software an configuration files are installed and distributed at SLAC.
Taylor is used to distribute xrootd releases to the data servers and redirectors.
Distributing the xrootd tgz files.
Xrootd release are kept as tgz files in the distribution directory:
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server architecture | tgz arch name used by Taylor | comment |
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Solaris 10 sparc | sun4x_510 |
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Solaris 9 sparc | sun4x_59 |
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Linux 64 bits RHEL4 | amd64_linux26 | xrootd build uses x86_64_linux_26 for the arch |
Linux 32 bits RHEL4 | i386_linux24 |
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Linux 32 bits RHEL3 | i386_rhel30 |
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Configuration files (for xrootd and cmsd, not olbd)
The following configuration files are distributed by Taylor:
Config file | Copied to dir | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
xrootd.cf | /opt/xrootd/prod/etc | xrootd configuration read by xrootd and cmsd deamon at startup |
StartXRD.cf | /opt/xrootd/prod/etc | The StartXrd |
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and StartCMS scripts source this script. It contains the start up configuration | ||
RestartALL | /opt/xrootd | script to restart xrootd or cmsd |
activate | /opt/xrootd | script to activate a xrootd version |