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Technical documentation about the dCache to iRODS version 4.x connection at SURF.
Modified: 23 Mar 2022Synopsis
At SURF, dCache is linked to the iRODS server. dCache allows several access methods, including for instance: nfs 4.1, dcap and gridftp.
There are more than one ways to connect dCache to iRODS. In the past, EUDAT advocated using the dcap library/protocol. This is now obsolete. This document discusses the method of using the gridftp protocol, which is the EUDAT-recommended approach.
During the use of NFS 4.1 and dCache, SURF found that the dCache version used at that time was creating problems and did not function properly to use for production. We used the setup as described below. We only modified the universalMSSInterface.sh script to use gridftp instead of the nfs v4.1 link. The link is still there, but SURFsara only uses it for manual verification.
The dCache connection using the nfs v4.1 protocol
It is just a matter of mounting the nfs share as a client on the iRODS node.
rods$ mount ... wname.bla.sara.nl:/pnfs on /pnfs type nfs (rw,nfsvers=4,minorversion=1,addr=zzz.www.xx.yy,clientaddr=xyz.bla.x.zz)
It is added to the fstab
as follows:
root# cat /etc/fstab ... wwname.bla.sara.nl:/pnfs /pnfs nfs rw,nfsvers=4,minorversion=1 0 0
Now the dCache filesystem can be used as any filesystem.
Complete Compound resource setup and code and test examples
The complete Compound resource setup, code and test examples are described on: https://github.com/cookie33/irods-compound-resource
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Version: 1.3.1
Authors:
Robert Verkerk (SURF)
Editors:
Kostas Kavoussanakis (EPCC)