perfSONAR User Guide¶
perfSONAR is a collection of software for performing and sharing end-to-end network measurements. This document guides you through the process of installing, configuring and using perfSONAR on one or more hosts.
Getting Started¶
Planning for Installation¶
Installation¶
perfSONAR Toolkit¶
- Choosing a Management Method
- Configuring Regular Tests
- Updating Administrative Information
- Managing Services
- Configuring NTP
- Reading Log Files
- Updating perfSONAR
- Managing Users
- Host Tuning
- Configuring a Host with Multiple Interfaces
- Firewalls and Security Software
- Limiting Tests to R&E Networks Only
- Installing Additional Tools
- Managing Daemons
- Test Results Graphs
- External Tools
Running Measurements with pScheduler¶
Managing Multiple perfSONAR Hosts¶
- Central Configuration Overview
- Publishing a Central Configuration File with MeshConfig
- Reading a Central Configuration File with MeshConfig
- Automatic Test Configuration with MeshConfig
- MeshConfig Administrative GUI
- Deploying a Central Measurement Archive
- Clustering a Measurement Archive
- Managing Measurement Archive Data
- Central Logging Configuration
- Puppet management overview
- Installing Puppet
- Configuring the puppet master (server)
- Configuring the puppet clients
Additional Tools: perfsonarUI¶
Configuration Reference¶
- Listing of Important perfSONAR Files
- Lookup Service Registration Daemon Configuration File
- Mesh Configuration (.conf) file
- MeshConfig Agent Configuration File
- MeshConfig Agent Tasks File
- MeshConfig GUI Agent Configuration File
- MeshConfig Dynamic Host Lookup Configuration File
- Configuring pScheduler
- Configuring pScheduler Limits
- OWAMP Server Configuration File
- OWAMP Limits Configuration File
- BWCTL Server Configuration File
- BWCTL Limits File
- OPPD
Troubleshooting¶
Accessing Raw Data¶
Previous Releases¶
Future Releases¶
Further Information¶
- Project Homepage
- Source Code Repository
- Issue Tracker
- Project Wiki
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Mailing Lists
- User Mailing List - Forum where users may ask and answer questions about their perfSONAR deployments
- Announcement Mailing List - List where important announcements such as new releases and security updates are posted.