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SO:UK Data Centre 0.4.1 documentation
SO:UK Data Centre 0.4.1 documentation
  • 1. User guide
    • 1.1. Onboarding
    • 1.2. Logging into our submit node vm77
    • 1.3. Quick start
    • 1.4. Running pipelines
      • 1.4.1. Writing ClassAd
        • 1.4.1.1. Vanilla universe
        • 1.4.1.2. Parallel universe
        • 1.4.1.3. Transferring files
      • 1.4.2. Software deployment
        • 1.4.2.1. The tarball method
        • 1.4.2.2. CVMFS
        • 1.4.2.3. Modifying our maintained software environments for software development
        • 1.4.2.4. Continuous Deployment (CD)
      • 1.4.3. MPI Applications
        • 1.4.3.1. MPI with a single node
        • 1.4.3.2. OpenMPI
        • 1.4.3.3. OpenMPI with CVMFS
        • 1.4.3.4. OpenMPI with CVMFS with AVX-512 CPU instructions
      • 1.4.4. Reading and writing data
        • 1.4.4.1. Transferring files via ClassAd using HTCondor
        • 1.4.4.2. The grid storage system
          • 1.4.4.2.1. User credentials
          • 1.4.4.2.2. Creating a proxy
          • 1.4.4.2.3. Accessing the grid storage system using GFAL
          • 1.4.4.2.4. Accessing the grid storage system from worker nodes
          • 1.4.4.2.5. Mounting the grid storage system as a POSIX filesystem
        • 1.4.4.3. Librarian Overview
      • 1.4.5. Interactive sessions
        • 1.4.5.1. Interactive job
    • 1.5. SO:UK Data Centre Systems
      • 1.5.1. System specifications
      • 1.5.2. Introduction to CVMFS
      • 1.5.3. The upcoming upgrade to Ceph & CephFS
  • 2. Developer guide
    • 2.1. HTCondor Glossary
    • 2.2. The grid storage system—revisited
      • 2.2.1. Setting up Grid Community Toolkit (GCT) (Under construction)
      • 2.2.2. Setting up VOMS Clients
      • 2.2.3. Installing Grid File Access Library (GFAL)
      • 2.2.4. Installing XRootD
      • 2.2.5. Advanced usage: use XRootD to interact with the grid storage system directly
    • 2.3. Tips & tricks
      • 2.3.1. Tips and gotchas when writing HTCondor ClassAds
      • 2.3.2. Job managements
      • 2.3.3. Streaming stdout & stderr with tail
  • 3. Maintainer guide
    • 3.1. Managing and Maintaining Computing Resources
    • 3.2. Installing this project
    • 3.3. Writing & building documentation
    • 3.4. Making a new release
  • 4. Presentations
    • 4.1. 2023-11-13 SO:UK BB day—Introduction to the SO:UK Data Centre
  • 5. souk
    • 5.1. souk package
      • 5.1.1.1. souk.util package
        • 5.1.1.1.1.1. souk.util.cli package
          • 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. souk.util.cli.arg_string module
          • 5.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. souk.util.cli.ini_formatter module
      • 5.1.2.1. souk.htcondor_helper module
  • 6. Changelog
  • 7. External links
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2.2.4. Installing XRootD¶

Follow their documentation at xrootd/xrootd: The XRootD central repository.

Now follow Mounting the grid storage system as a POSIX filesystem or Advanced usage: use XRootD to interact with the grid storage system directly on how to use it.

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