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Workspace Management Service

GT4 Java Core

This set of instructions is for developers or system administrators already familiar with the Globus Toolkit and looking for the leanest, easiest install of just the Java standalone core.

  1. This is not the recommended installation for Linux, just the most bare bones.
  2. There is a problem with using only the Java core on Linux: the only available tool for proxy-init that comes in core is org.globus.tools.ProxyInit -- but this can only be recommended for Windows use. Therefore, this page assumes you have other grid-proxy-init tools installed.
  3. If you have never installed the Globus Toolkit or have no security infrastructure in place, it is recommended that you visit the toolkit documentation pages here. This mini-guide is not meant to be a comprehensive install resource.

Prerequisisites:

Package Minimum Version Comments
Java 1.4.2 1.5 is still in testing, 1.4.2_04 is recommended
Ant 1.6.1

Sample environment script.

Obtain ws-core-3.9.4-src.tar.gz from the download page.

$ tar xvzf ws-core-3.9.4-src.tar.gz
$ export GLOBUS_LOCATION=/install/location
$ cd ws-core-3.9.4
$ ant all

Make sure /etc/grid-security is set up normally.

More information is available at the GT4 and WSRF pages. Also, the 4.0 draft documents are currently available and contain valuable information.

There are two helpful tutorials by Borja Sotomayor and Scott Gose. There is a GT4 specific mailing list, sign up by mailing majordomo@globus.org with body 'subscribe gt4-friends'.