= INSTOOLS Evaluation = The INSTOOLS software is available in two ways: as part of the ProtoGENI Flack Client and as a standalone software package. Both are evaluated as part of the GIR 3.2 effort. The ProtoGENI FLACK Client has integrated the INSTOOLS, so that a user may simply click a button to ''instrumentize'' nodes in an experiment. The ProtoGENI Flack Client is available [http://protogeni.net/flack.html here]. Two version of the INSTOOLS software were evaluated [http://www.uky.emulab.net/downloads/INSTOOLSv3_3.tgz V3.3] and [v3.4]. Time Frame: Evaluation started September 14th, 2011. = INSTOOLS Findings = The ProtoGENI Flack Client Instrumentation was reviewed on September 15, 2011. No version was available in the interfaces??? The first version of the standalone software package was [http://www.uky.emulab.net/downloads/INSTOOLSv3_3.tgz INSTOOLS V3.3] was found from the [ http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/Instrumentize Instrumentize ] wiki page. After running into problem, found out that this version should not be used due to issue that are to be addressed in the next version. Waiting on v3.4. = INSTOOLS How-to = == INSTOOLS FLACK Client == Evaluation used the [http://www.netlab.uky.edu/p/instools/ Instrumentation Tools for a GENI Prototype] GEC11 Tutorial portion as a reference. Prerequisites include: * User account on one of the Emulab aggregates * Flash ready browser Once the prerequisites are met, the user can login to the [http://protogeni.net/flack.html ProtoGENI Flack Client]: [[Image(flack-login-1.jpeg)]] User is then presented with the certificate to be used for the login, enter your pass phrase and click "OK". [[Image(cert-login-2.jpeg)]] If you need to import the certificate select the ''Open from file' button [[Image(open-from-file-3.jpeg)]]. Once logged in the following is shown: [[Image(flack-main-4.jpeg)]] You may now create a slice and add resources or you can simply select the ''Show only mine'' option, which will show any of your pre-existing slices. This scenario creates a three emulab nodes slice using the flack client: [[Image(create-slice-resources-5.jpeg)]] When creating the slice, modify each of the Node to use a Fedora 8 or greater disk image, this is done by selecting the ''Node Information'' button: [[Image(node-information-6.jpeg)]] You may now create the slivers. Once the resources are ready you may select the ''Instrumentize'' button: [[Image(slice-ready-7.jpeg)]] This will kicks the INSTOOLS installation on the nodes that are part of the experiment. Note this is a slow process, be patient. Once the installation is complete you may click on the ''Go to portal'' button to get access to Instools Portal where you may visualize the slice data. [[Image(instrumentation-complete-8.jpeg)]] The slice portal looks as follows: [[Image(slice-portal-9.jpeg)]] In the portal you may choose which statistics to monitor simply by clicking on a node an selecting the graphing options that are available: [[Image(graphing-10.jpeg)]] You may choose to go directly to the node by clicking on the node and then clicking on the ''All Graphs'' button: [[Image(node-graphs-11.jpeg)]] Access to each of the nodes is available by clicking on a node an selecting the ''VNC'' button: [[Image((vnc-12.jpeg))] == INSTOOLS V3.4 package == == INSTOOLS V3.3 package == The INSTOOLS v3.3 package software was found by reviewing the [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/InstrumentationTools-August2011-status August2011 status report] . From the status page, users are redirected to the [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/INSTOOLSSummary INSTOOLS summary] page, where the user can find that the package and documentation are found at [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/Instrumentize Instrumentize] page. Downloaded the [http://www.uky.emulab.net/downloads/INSTOOLSv3_3.tgz INSTOOLS V3.3] package, which contains both the INSTOOLS python scripts and it supporting documentation. After downloading and unpacking the package, reviewed the docs/README and the docs/INSTOOLSf-SETUP files for additional instructions. Set up the prerequisites which require: * placing the file SSL Certificate ''encrypted.pem'' and the ''password'' files in ''~/.ssl/'' directory. * creating a file ''.protogeni-config.py'' defining the ''XMLRPC_SERVER'' value. Create an experiment. Note: this step creates a slice and assigns resources to the slice: {{{ $ ./createExp.py -n neverslice2 -m https://www.uky.emulab.net/protogeni/xmlrpc/cm uky.rspec CMURI = https://www.uky.emulab.net/protogeni/xmlrpc Got my SA credential No such slice registered here:Creating new slice called neverslice2 New slice created Traceback (most recent call last): File "./createExp.py", line 149, in current_slice_expiration = datetime.datetime(*time.strptime(instools_util.findSliceExpiry(slicecred, debug,LOGFILE),"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6]) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 454, in _strptime_time return _strptime(data_string, format)[0] File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 328, in _strptime data_string[found.end():]) ValueError: unconverted data remains: Z }}} At this point was directed by INSTOOLS team to stop using this version and that a new version would be available shortly.