ARCINFO(1)

🌸 ARCINFO(1) — User Commands 🌸

okay bestie, gather round 💖 this is arcinfo, section 1 of the manual, a User Command through and through, and she's here to spill all the tea about your Grid resources.

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✨ NAME ✨

arcinfo — ARC Info. that's it, that's the name, short and iconic 👑

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

🎀 Usage:

arcinfo [OPTION...] [resource ...]

so like, the whole point of the arcinfo command is checking the status of computing resources on the Grid. that's the vibe. that's the mission. 🫶

🔍 Target endpoint selection:

• -C, --computing-element=ce — drop the computing element hostname here, or a full endpoint URL if you're feeling thorough. either works, she's flexible 💁‍♀️
• -Y, --registry=registry — the registry service URL, and yes you can optionally specify the protocol too, no biggie.
• -Q, --info-endpoint-type=type — this one says "bestie, you must do the info query using this specific information endpoint type." the special value NONE shuts down all resource information queries and the brokering that follows, so use it with intention 😭 allowed values are: ldap.nordugrid, ldap.glue2, arcrest and internal.
• -T, --submission-endpoint-type=type — this one only pulls info about execution targets that support the job submission endpoint type you named. allowed values are: arcrest and internal.

🧿 Brokering and filtering:

• -R, --rejectdiscovery=URL — during service discovery, skip the service with this URL. like, not today, ma'am 🚫

📝 Output format modifiers:

• -l, --long — long format, which means more information. more info = more slay.

⚙️ Behaviour tuning:

• --no-authentication — do not perform any authentication for opened connections. none. zero. nada.
• --x509-authentication — perform X.509 authentication for opened connections. classic, dependable, she's giving legacy icon 💜
• --token-authentication — perform token authentication for opened connections. modern girl behavior ✨
• --systemca — force using the CA certificates configuration provided by OpenSSL.
• --gridca — force using the CA certificates configuration for Grid services (typically IGTF).
• --anyca — force using the CA certificates configuration for Grid services (typically IGTF) and the one provided by OpenSSL. both. greedy in the best way 💅

🎬 Other actions:

• -P, --listplugins — list the available plugins. show me what you're working with 🔥

🛠️ Application Options:

• -h, --help — Show help options. your bestie when you're lost.
• -z, --conffile=filename — configuration file, defaults to ~/.arc/client.conf
• -t, --timeout=seconds — timeout in seconds, defaults to 20
• -d, --debug=debuglevel — one of FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, VERBOSE or DEBUG. pick your drama level 💀
• -v, --version — print version information.

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🌈 EXTENDED DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so the arcinfo command is your girl for getting the status and information about computing elements. here's how you feed her the CEs: either specify the URLs of CE endpoints with the --computing-element option, or just list them as plain arguments — honestly, both are valid, no judgment 🫶

and if you want her to go ask a registry server which CEs exist out there, hit her with the --registry flag, and she'll query that registry for CE endpoints.

want the detailed tea about the computing services you queried? specify the --long flag and she will deliver. periodt. 💖

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📁 FILES 📁

• ~/.arc/client.conf — some options can be given default values by specifying them in the ARC client configuration file. and if you're not feeling that particular file, you can use a different configuration file entirely via the --conffile option. your config, your rules 👑

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

ARC software is developed by the NorduGrid Collaboration (http://www.nordugrid.org). please consult the AUTHORS file distributed with ARC — the whole squad is credited in there 🫶. bugs and feature requests go to http://bugzilla.nordugrid.org. they do want to hear it, fr fr.

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

APACHE LICENSE Version 2.0

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

arccat(1), arcclean(1), arccp(1), arcget(1), arckill(1), arcls(1), arcmkdir(1), arcproxy(1), arcrenew(1), arcresume(1), arcrm(1), arcstat(1), arcsub(1), arcsync(1), arctest(1)

the whole friend group, all iconic, all worth a read 💅

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and that's the page bestie!! this was arcinfo version 7.2.0, dated September 2026 — born in the September 2026 era and still serving looks. go check your Grid status, you're doing amazing sweetie 🎀✨🌸