monitor(7)

💖 monitor(7) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to monitor — the real-time NorduGrid monitoring tool, straight out of the NorduGrid Toolkit manual section 7. this one's a whole vibe, let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

monitor — the real-time NorduGrid monitoring tool. that's the whole name, that's the whole girl 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the LDAP Grid Monitor is literally a set of PHP and Java scripts that gives you a Web interface to the NorduGrid Information System. it's giving "look at your grid through a browser window" energy and honestly? iconic ✨

and the way it's built? it should be working for any similar LDAP based service too, not just NorduGrid. versatility queen 👑

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🎀 REQUIREMENTS 🎀

before you even think about running this, you need the whole squad assembled. no skips, no substitutions:

• LDAP library — e.g., http://www.openldap.org
• GD library — http://www.boutell.com/gd
• PHP4 library — http://www.php.net — and heads up, it must be compiled with the LDAP and GD extensions. not optional, fr fr
• HTTP server — must be compiled with PHP4
• Globus MDS — http://www.globus.org/mds, or a similar LDAP based service
• Virtual Organisation — Is optional 💅 (yes she's optional, she's just there if you want her)

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🦋 INSTALLATION 🦋

okay so installation is genuinely so chill, like three steps, we love a low-effort setup:

1. Copy all the files in a folder, accessible by the HTTP server.
2. Modify settings.inc according to your MDS structure and liking. make it yours 🎀
3. Run the whole stuff by loading loadmon.php into your favorite browser. that's it. that's the install. slay ✨

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🌈 FILES 🌈

here's the file rundown bestie, each one with its own little job:

• loadmon.php — To monitor several servers at once, add hosts and DNs to the $arrhost and, correspondingly, $arrbdn arrays in loadmon.php
• isattr.inc cnvname.inc cnvalias.inc — Making output more human-readable: modify isattr.inc, cnvname.inc, cnvalias.inc. Otherwise, these files are not needed.
• blacklist.inc — To prevent sites from being polled, modify array entries in blacklist.inc. Otherwise, the file is not needed.
• vo-users.php — Not needed when working without a Virtual Organisation. In such a case, remove the corresponding link from loadmon.php .
• jobstat.php — When working without the NorduGrid Information System: to make sure that the job status is defined properly, edit jobstat.php (look for adjustment instructions in the code).

note the pattern bestie: a bunch of these files are like "only needed if you're doing the specific thing" — if you're not, they just vibe there unused. not a problem, just letting you know 💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Oxana Smirnova <oxana dot smirnova at quark dot lu dot se> — we stan 💖

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go read these too, they're the friend group:

ngsub(1), ngstat(1), ngdel(1), ngget(1), ngsync(1), ngcopy(1), ngremove(1)

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this one's NorduGrid 7.2.0, dated 2003-03-03, filed under monitor(7) — a true vintage icon 💅✨ go forth and monitor your grid, you've got this 🫶🌸