Configuring Gamess VO

GAMESS VO configuration

VO, use Yaimtool. After that, the GAMESS VO managers will install GAMESS via grid job.

Yaimtool:
This should enable site administrators to generate the necessary yaim
parameters for the VOs they wish to support. Information for as many VOs
as possible has been added. VO Managers can populate the database further.
This service is being finalised but is useable now - feedback is
appreciated.

https://lcg-sft.cern.ch/yaimtool/yaimtool.py

Manual installation of GAMESS VO

In order to configure your site to support Gamess VO you should set up several variables in your site-info.def and users.conf file.

Add GAMESS VO to the list of supported VOs and set up the VO-related services by modifying site-info.def

-------example-------
......
VOS="ops balticgrid gamess"
....
VO_GAMESS_SW_DIR=$VO_SW_DIR/gamess
VO_GAMESS_DEFAULT_SE=$CLASSIC_HOST
VO_GAMESS_STORAGE_DIR=$CLASSIC_STORAGE_DIR/gamess
VO_GAMESS_QUEUES="gamess"

VO_GAMESS_VOMS_SERVERS="'vomss://grid.mif.vu.lt:8443/voms/gamess?/gamess/'"
VO_GAMESS_VOMSES="'gamess grid.mif.vu.lt 15002 
    /DC=org/DC=balticgrid/OU=mif.vu.lt/CN=host/grid.mif.vu.lt gamess'"

Set up a poll of local accounts that will be used for Gamess VO in your users.conf file

-------example-------
30400:gmprd:30401:gamess:gamess:prd:
30401:gmsgm:30401:gamess:gamess:sgm:
30402:gm001:30401:gamess:gamess::
..........
30421:gm020:30401:gamess:gamess::

Set up mappings to Gamess accounts in group.conf file

-------example-------
"/VO=gamess/GROUP=/gamess/ROLE=lcgadmin":::sgm:
"/VO=gamess/GROUP=/gamess/ROLE=production":::prd:
"/VO=gamess/GROUP=/gamess"::::

Now, you can reconfigure your machines by running

/opt/lcg/yaim/scripts/configure_node <SITE-INFO.DEF> <MACHINE-TYPE>

You have copy Gamess VOMS certificate to /etc/grid-security/vomsdir

certificates can be found http://grid.mif.vu.lt/vomsdir/
This can be done:

cd /etc/grid-security/vomsdir
wget http://grid.mif.vu.lt/vomsdir/grid.mif.vu.lt