Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of FeddDownload

Timestamp:

Nov 5, 2009 5:03:21 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

faber

Comment:

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FeddDownload

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 == What machines should run fedd ==
 
+Under fedd version 2.0, the experiment controller - the fedd that accepts user requests- may run on any machine, though it is often convenient to run it on the users machine of an emulab testbed.  It will be asserting [http://fedd.isi.deterlab.net/trac/wiki/FeddAbout#GlobalIdentifiers:Three-levelNames three-level names] so it is intuitive to colocate a controller that will be asserting identities from a given testbed, but not required.  Any host with a [http://fedd.isi.deterlab.net/trac/wiki/FeddAbout#GlobalIdentifiers:Fedids fedid] can assert them, of course.
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+The following discussion applies to the access controllers running on emulab-style testbeds.
+
 Depending on what sorts of resources you intend to make available to
 others and what modifications you are willing to make to your testbed,
-you may choose to run fedd in different configurations, with
+you may choose to run a fedd access controller in different configurations, with
 functionality partitioned between users and boss.
 
-If you intend to allow fedd to either create projects from whole cloth,
+If you intend to allow an access controller to either create projects from whole cloth,
 or to modify the access rights of projects or keys of users, at least
 some of fedd will have to run on boss.  You can choose to run a fedd
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 The easiest way to get a copy of fedd installed on your machine is to
 download the python distutils tar file and install it.  The current
-version is [attachment:fedd-1.01.tar.gz fedd-1.01.tar.gz].
+version is [attachment:fedd-2.00.tar.gz fedd-2.00.tar.gz].
 
 You will need to have the following python packages installed as well.
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 == Federation Kit ==
 
-The federation kit includes the software that provides the shared environment in the federated experiment.  It is described in more detail in the [FeddAbout#TheFederationKit overview of the system.]  The version we primarily use is available for [attachment: fedkit.tgz download].  Download it, put it somewhere that `fedd` can read it, like `/usr/local/etc/fedd` and set the '''fedkit''' parameter in the [experiment_control] section of the [FeddConfig#ExperimentControlOptions config file] to be the pathname of the tar file.
+The federation kit includes the software that provides the shared environment in the federated experiment.  It is described in more detail in the [FeddAbout#TheFederationKit overview of the system.]  The version we primarily use is available for [attachment:fedkit.tgz download].  Download it, put it somewhere that `fedd` can read it, like `/usr/local/etc/fedd` and set the '''fedkit''' parameter in the [experiment_control] section of the [FeddConfig#ExperimentControlOptions config file] to be the pathname of the tar file.
 
 == Subversion access ==