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23.2 Grid Configuration Basics

Peer Configuration Overview
Initial Configuration

23.2.1 Peer Configuration Overview

In the simplest case, establishing a peer relationship can be accomplished with as few as two configuration lines: one line to indicate how to contact the peer and one line to indicate how to authenticate the server. However, data migration issues, credential mapping, and usage policies must often be addressed in order to make a peer-based grid effective.

To address these issues Moab provides facilities to control how peers inter-operate, enabling full autonomy over both client and server ends of the peer relationship.

23.2.2 Initial Configuration

At a minimum, only two parameters must be specified to establish a peer relationship: RMCFG and CLIENTCFG[<X>]. RMCFG allows a site to specify interface information directing Moab on how to contact and inter-operate with the peer. For peer interfaces, a few guidelines must be followed with the RMCFG parameter:

the TYPE attribute of the peer must be set to moab
the SERVER attribute must point to the host and user interface port of the remote Moab server
the name of the resource manager should match the name of the remote peer cluster as specified with the SCHEDCFG parameter in the peer moab.cfg.

# moab.cfg on MoabServer01

SCHEDCFG[MoabServer01] MODE=NORMAL SERVER=hpc-01:41111
RMCFG[MoabServer02]    TYPE=moab   SERVER=hpc-02:40559
...

Configuring the CLIENTCFG parameter is mandatory. When specifying the CLIENTCFG parameter for peers, the following guidelines must be followed:

the CLIENTCFG parameter must be specified in the moab-private.cfg file on both peers
an RM: prefix is required before the peer's name
if using default secret key based security, the value of the KEY attribute must match the KEY value set on the corresponding remote peer
the AUTH attribute must be set to admin1 in the moab-private.cfg on the destination Moab

# moab-private.cfg on MoabServer01

CLIENTCFG[RM:MoabServer02] KEY=3esfv0=32re2-tdbne
....

# moab-private.cfg on MoabServer02

CLIENTCFG[RM:MoabServer01] KEY=3esfv0=32re2-tdbne AUTH=admin1
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