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Step 1: Configure Omni:
If this is the first time you are using Omni, you will need to download, install and configure it first by following these instructions:
- Verify that you have the necessary credential and key files . Run:
ls ~/.ssh ~/.ssl
According to what type of account you have, the output varies slightly. For example if you have an account at the GENI Experimenter Portal the output looks like :
geni@geni-vm:~$ ls ~/.ssh ~/.ssl
/home/geni/.ssh:
geni_cert_portal_key geni_key_portal
geni_cert_portal_key.pub geni_key_portal.pub
/home/geni/.ssl:
geni_cert_portal.pem
Files under ~/.ssh and ~/.ssl if omni is configured with a portal account
geni_cert_portal.pem | Cleartext certificate, i.e. does not require any passphrase |
geni_key_portal, geni_cert_portal_key | Private keys that you can use to login to the nodes |
geni_key_portal.pub, geni_cert_portal_key.pub | The corresponding public keys that will be uploaded to the nodes |
Note: Depending on the setup of your host you might see more files than the ones listed above.
- Optional - Look around the omni_config file
Open the file ~/.gcf/omni_config using either vim or emacs. Close to the top of the file you will see two parameters called default_cf and users . Your username should be at least listed in the users section. Look for the sections in the file that are named < default_cf > and < username > .
In the < username > section, the information need for logging-in to reserved compute resources is provided. It includes your unique user URN and at least one public key that would be uploaded to the hosts that you reserve.
In the < default_cf > section you configure Omni to use your personal information. The cert and the key attribute point to files that we have manually downloaded from the Clearinghouse where you have a GENI Account.
Step 2: Launch your experiment:
Now that you have configured Omni we are ready to design our experiment, which going over most of the Omni commands.
- Create a slice. The first thing to do when preparing to run a GENI experiment is to create a slice. Name your slice something like xxxomni (where xxx are your initials). Your slicename in general should be something memorable but not your username. Type:
omni.py createslice < slicename >
- Verify that your slice was created. Use the
listmyslices command, of omni:
omni.py listmyslices < username >
- Renew your slice. To extend the lifetime of your slice. Type:
omni.py renewslice < slicename > < YYYYMMDD >
The slice lifetime is typically short and when your slice expires, all reserved resources at the time are also released. Note: your resources might have a shorter lifetime than your slice.
- See available resources. For this experiment we are going to use the Aggregate manager of Nysernet. In order to see what each AM offers you can use the
listresources command. Type:
omni.py listresources -a nysernet-ig -o
The -o option will save the output to a file. The filename is chosen by Omni and printed as part of the output. The output will look like :
geni@geni-VirtualBox:~$ omni.py listresources -a nysernet-ig -o
20:13:35 INFO : Loading agg_nick_cache file '/home/rrhain/.gcf/agg_nick_cache'
20:13:35 INFO : Loading config file '/home/rrhain/.gcf/omni_config'
20:13:35 INFO : Using control framework portal
20:13:35 INFO : Member Authority is https://ch.geni.net/MA (from config)
20:13:35 INFO : Slice Authority is https://ch.geni.net/SA (from config)
20:13:35 INFO : Substituting AM nickname nysernet-ig with URL https://instageni.nysernet.org:12369/protogeni/xmlrpc/am/2.0, URN urn:publicid:IDN+instageni.nysernet.org+authority+cm
20:13:36 INFO : Saving output to a file.
20:13:38 INFO : Listed advertised resources at 1 out of 1 possible aggregates.
20:13:38 INFO : (PG log url - look here for details on any failures: https://www.instageni.nysernet.org/spewlogfile.php3?logfile=889fd9841968d3b891afc5b2cc36bd94)
20:13:38 INFO : Writing to 'rspec-instageni-nysernet-org.xml'
20:13:38 INFO : ------------------------------------------------------
20:13:38 INFO : Completed listresources:
Options as run:
aggregate: ['nysernet-ig']
framework: portal
output: True
project: tutorial
Args: listresources
Result Summary: Queried resources from 1 of 1 aggregate(s).
Wrote rspecs from 1 aggregate(s) to 1 file(s)
Saved listresources RSpec from 'urn:publicid:IDN+instageni.nysernet.org+authority+cm' (url 'https://instageni.nysernet.org:12369/protogeni/xmlrpc/am/2.0') to file rspec-instageni-nysernet-org.xml;
20:13:38 INFO : ======================================================
In the last line of the output Omni will tell you the name of the file that output is saved at. In the example above this would be rspec-instageni-nysernet-org.xml . This file is a SPECification document(RSpec) , and in particular an advertisement rspec. Open the file that Omni saved and just take a look to see how an advertisement RSpec looks like. In order to see only available resources type:
omni.py listresources -a nysernet-ig --available -o
- Reserve resources To be able to reserve resources you will need to craft a request rspec. For this example we have created the rspec and post it on the web for you to use. If you want to take a look to the rspec itself, you can directly visit the rspec URL. Type:
omni.py createsliver -a nysernet-ig < slicename > http://www.gpolab.bbn.com/experiment-support/HelloGENI/hellogeni.rspec
- See the reserved resources. You can use the
listresources command, to see what resources are reserved at an Aggregate.
omni.py listresources -a nysernet-ig < slicename >
- Optional- Extend the lifetime of your reservation. The lifetime of your reservation can never exceed the lifetime of your slice and is usually set to a default value. For the purpose of this exercise you don't need to renew your reservation. Note After reserving your resources, renewing your slice will not automatically renew your slivers, so you will have to manually renew them if you decide you need them longer. If you wanted to do this, the command would look like:
omni.py renewsliver -a nysernet-ig < slicename > < YYYYMMDD >
- Check the status of your resources. Type:
omni.py sliverstatus -a nysernet-ig < slicename >
The sliverstatus command reports the status of each individual resource that you reserved as well as the status of your overall GENI sliver. The status reported usually reflects the status of your resource, for example if you hav reserved a host, then status ready means that the host is booted and ready, i.e. you can login to it. When the status is ready for the whole sliver, in the summary of the output there will be something like:
... has overall SliverStatus: ready...
When you see this you are ready to continue to the next step.
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