perfSONAR Toolkit User Guide

The perfSONAR Toolkit 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 the perfSONAR Toolkit on one or more hosts.

Installation

• Quick Start
• System Requirements
• Getting the Software
  • Choosing an Installation Method
  • Downloads
• CentOS NetInstall Guide
  • Step-by-Step Guide
• CentOS Full Install Guide
  • Step-by-Step Guide
• Configuring the Toolkit for the First Time
  • Your First Login
  • Accessing the Web Interface
  • Updating Your Administrative Information
  • Managing Toolkit Security
  • Scheduling Regular Measurements
  • What next?

Managing the perfSONAR Toolkit

• Choosing a Management Method
  • Standalone Node
  • Centrally Managed Node
  • Combination Node
• Configuring Regular Tests
  • Accessing the Configuration interface
  • Types of Regular Tests
  • Adding Regular Tests
  • Editing Regular Tests
  • Disabling/Enabling Regular Tests
  • Deleting Regular Tests
• Updating Administrative Information
  • Accessing the Administrative Info Interface
  • Editing Host Information
  • Adding a Community
  • Deleting a Community
• Managing Services
  • List of Services
  • Choosing Services to Enable
  • Enabling/Disabling Services
• Configuring NTP
  • Accessing the NTP Interface
  • Selecting the Closest Servers
  • Manually Selecting a Known Server
  • Manually Adding a Server
  • Deselecting a Server
  • Deleting a Known Server
• Reading Log Files
  • Important Log Files
  • Accessing Log Files Through the Web Interface
  • Determining Who Is Testing to Your Host
• Updating the Toolkit
  • Manually Updating with Yum
  • Automatic Updates
  • Migrating from a 3.3.2 LiveCD/LiveUSB
  • Special Upgrade Notes
• Managing Users
  • Adding a User
  • Deleting a User
  • Changing a User’s Password
• Host Tuning
• Configuring a Host with Multiple Interfaces
  • IP Addressing Strategy
  • Host Routing Table Configuration
• Firewalls and Security Software
  • Default Firewall Rules
  • Adding Your Own Firewall Rules
  • Fail2ban Intrusion Detection System
• Installing Additional Tools
  • perfsonarUI
  • MaDDash

Managing Multiple perfSONAR Toolkits

• Central Configuration Overview
  • Defining Tests for Multiple Hosts
  • Storing Your Measurements
  • Visualizing the Results
• Publishing a Central Configuration File
  • Installing the Required Software
  • Generating the Configuration
  • Converting to JSON
  • Publishing
• Reading a Central Configuration File
  • Finding a Test Mesh
  • Configuring a Host To Participate in a Mesh
• Using a Central Measurement Archive
  • Installing the Measurement Archive Software
  • Authenticating Measurement Hosts
  • Configuring Measurement Hosts

Using the perfSONAR Toolkit

• Regular Testing Graphs
• Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT)
• Network Path and Application Diagnostics (NPAD)
• External Tools

Using Additional Tools

• perfsonarUI Installation Guide
  • Introduction
  • Installation process
  • Installing on Linux using repositotry
  • Installing on Linux manually by downloading binary packages
  • Testing the installation
  • Optional configuration
  • Logging and usage statistics
• perfsonarUI User Guide
  • Introduction
  • Access To the Application
  • Content Organization
  • perfSONAR Service Selection Panel
  • Working With Measurements
  • Configuration Of the UI
  • Configuring Authentication With Identity Provider

Additional Installation Options

• Level 1 and 2 Installations
  • System Requirements
  • Level 1 Installation
  • Level 2 Installation
• Installation on Debian
  • System Requirements
  • Installation Instructions
  • Bundles Description
  • Configuration
  • Support

Accessing Raw Data

• perfSONAR Client API

Configuration Reference

• BWCTL
• BWCTL Limits
• esmond Data Cleaner
• Lookup Service Registration Daemon
• Mesh Configuration
• OPPD
• OWAMP
• OWAMP Limits
• Regular Testing

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 Toolkit deployments
  • Announcement Mailing List - List where important announcements such as new releases and security updates are posted.

Related Projects

• esmond
• iperf3
• Lookup Service
• MaDDash
• NDT
• psUI

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