Last modified: Mon May 28 12:49:41 BST 2007
Nick West
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Grid: Environmental Variables

Variable Meaning Used by
EDG_WL_RB_BROKERINFO. Default name for BrokerInfo file edg-brokerinfo
GLOBUS_LOCATION Top level directory for Globus Toolkit. Add to PATH to get tools
e.g. ldapsearch, myproxy-init
LCG_CATALOG_TYPE The file catalogue type
Should be "lfc" (the default) not "edg"
lcg-utils
LCG_RFIO_TYPE The RFIO type
Should be "dpm" or "castor"
GFAL
LCG_GFAL_INFOSYS Top-level Information Services BDII database
Should be: lcgbdii02.gridpp.rl.ac.uk:2170
lcg-infosites  lcg-utils
LCG_GFAL_VO The VO  lcg-utils if --vo option not used
LFC_HOST The LFC server lfc-* tools  lcg-utils
MYPROXY_SERVER Hostname of the proxy server myproxy-init
VO_MINOS_VO_GRIDPP_AC_UK_DEFAULT_SE Default Storage Element
At RAL it should be: dcache.gridpp.rl.ac.uk
lcg-cp if given a Logical File Name
VO_MINOS_VO_GRIDPP_AC_UK_SW_DIR Top level software directory Use on WN to locate setup script e.g.
$VO_MINOS_VO_GRIDPP_AC_UK_SW_DIR/minossoft/R1.21-build_1/internal/setup/setup_minossoft.bash
VOMS_USERCONF Directory or file holding VO aliases voms-proxy-init
X509_USER_PROXY Name of the proxy certificate
Default: /tmp/x509up_u<uid>, where <uid> is the Unix UID of the user
voms-proxy-init

To check the environmental variables at some CE e.g. lcgce02.gridpp.rl.ac.uk, its not enough to to say:-

  globus-job-run /bin/env
as that doesn't set up the full enviroment see when submitting jobs.

Instead use just make up a trivial script, say run_env.sh, containing:-

  env
and submit that e.g.
  rsd job submit lcg:lcgce02.gridpp.rl.ac.uk run_env.sh --output_dir=`pwd`

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