Grid Tools

From BeSTGRID

The following Grid tools might be particularly useful to grid users.

Contents 1 Certificate Management 1.1 Grix 1.2 ProxyLight 2 Job Submission 2.1 Grisu 2.2 BeSTGRID portal 3 File Management 3.1 Hermes 3.2 SGGC

[edit] Certificate Management

[edit] Grix

• Grix is the ultimate all-in-one easy to use tool for:
  • Requesting, retrieving and managing a certificate.
  • Managing the VO memberships.
  • Creating a local and remote proxy for a certificate.

• Start the BeSTGRID Grix by clicking the Grix Java Web-Start link.
  • In case of problems with Java Web-Start, download the two jars (grix-jdk5-bestgrid.jar and bcprov-jdk15-136.jar) and run them with:

    java -jar grix-jdk5-bestgrid.jar

  • Read more about Grix (developed by [1]) at the Grix project page.

[edit] ProxyLight

• ProxyLight is a lightweight travel-with-you replacement for grix, capable of retrieving a proxy from a myproxy server.
• Start proxyLight via proxyLight JavaWebstart link
• or download proxyLight.zip and carry it on your USB memory stick.
• Read more about proxyLight on the ProxyLight project page.

[edit] Job Submission

[edit] Grisu

• Grisu is a tool for submitting and monitoring jobs on the grid - but it also can manage your files.
  • Start Grisu via the Grisu Java Webstart link
  • Or download grisu.zip and start it with java -jar grisu.jar
  • Read more about Grisu on the Grisu project page.

[edit] BeSTGRID portal

• BeSTGRID GridSphere portal allows a user to submit a job from anywhere, just by using a web browser and uploading the files they would like to process on the grid.
  • The portal so far supports several bioinformatics applications, but please ask us if you would like to see your favorite application there.
  • See the brief guide on Getting started with the portal.
  • Open the portal at https://ngportal.canterbury.ac.nz/gridsphere/gridsphere

[edit] File Management

[edit] Hermes

• Hermes is a tool for remote file management, supporting the SRB, GridFTP, and also SFTP and FTP protocols.
  • Start Hermes by downloading the most recent Hermes release (a single jar file), and just double-click the jar file (or start it with java -jar Hermes-0.x.jar).
  • To see all the nifty features Hermes can offer, watch a movie demonstrating Hermes features.

[edit] SGGC

• SGGC is another java-based client capable of accessing GridFTP storage systems.
  • Read more about SGGC and download SGGC from the SGGC page on ARCS wiki.