Start a postgreSQL container for MCA.
docker run --name mca-postgres \
--restart=always \
-d postgres
After postgreSQL container starts up, start the MCA container with default configuration / self-signed ssl cert.
docker run --name mca \
--restart=always \
--link mca-postgres:postgres \
-p 80:80 \
-p 443:443 \
-p 9443:9443 \
-d soichih/mca
You should now be able to access MCA UI at https://<yourhostname>/meshconfig
MCA requires postgreSQL >9.2 provided by CentOS SCL, and nodejs from epel.
yum install epel-release
yum install centos-release-scl
Then, download the latest MCA RHEL6 RPM from GitRepo
yum install mca-2.0-X.el6.x86_64.rpm
If this is the first time you have installed MCA, you can run following to initialize DB, generate access token, etc..
service mca setup
Note
This instruction is still incomplete.. I need to reconcile with esmond httpd conf
Since MCA requires postgreSQL>9.2, and RHEL/CentOS6 provides postgreSQL8 which is used by toolkit(esmond), postgreSQL92 for MCA needs to be installed along side the postgreSQL8. To do this, you will need to adjust the port used by postgreSQL92 to something other than the default 5432 (5433 will do).
“service mca setup” will fail to create mca user and mcadmin database since it tries to use the postgreSQL8 instance. Do following to setup the postgreSQL92 for MCA.
Create /opt/rh/postgresql92/root/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/postgresql92-postgresql
Then start postgresql92..
service start postgresql92-postgresql
su - postgres
scl enable postgresql92
psql -p 5433 -c "CREATE ROLE mca PASSWORD 'newpassword' CREATEDB INHERIT LOGIN;"
psql -p 5433 -c "CREATE DATABASE mcadmin OWNER mca;"
Edit /opt/mca/mca/api/config/db.js
module.exports = 'postgres://mca:hogehoge@localhost:5433/mcadmin'
Download the latest MCA RHEL7 RPM from GitRepo.
yum install epel-release
yum install mca-2.0-X.el7.x86_64.rpm
If this is the first time you have installed MCA, you can run following to initialize postgres DB, generate access token, start apache, MCA, etc..
/opt/mca/mca/deploy/rhel7/setup.sh
If you are upgrading to a new version of MCA, MCA services should automatically restart. If you want to force restarting it anyway, you can run following.
pm2 restart all
Debian packages for MCA are not available yet. Debian users that wish to try the MCA should do it from a CentOS host or from withing a Docker container (see above for details).
You will need to request and install a new HTTP/SSL certificate. By default, MCA comes with a self-signed certificate installed on /opt/mca/mca/deploy/conf/ssl/server/self.cert.pem. How to request the HTTP/SSL certificate is out of scope for this document. Please contact an administrator from your campus / institution to find out more.
Once you have obtained your HTTP/SSL certificate, you can install it on /etc/grid-security/http, and you will need to adjust the apache configuration (/etc/httpd/conf.d/apache-mca.conf) to point to your new certificate (for both port 443 and 9443 - if you are using X509 authentication)
<VirtualHost _default:443>
SSLCertificateFile /etc/grid-security/http/cert.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/grid-security/http/key.pem
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/grid-security/http/chain.pem
<VirtualHost _default:9443>
SSLCertificateFile /etc/grid-security/http/cert.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/grid-security/http/key.pem
SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/grid-security/http/chain.pem
Open following ports on your firewall
firewall-cmd --add-service=http --zone=public
firewall-cmd --add-service=http --zone=public --permanent
firewall-cmd --add-service=https --zone=public
firewall-cmd --add-service=https --zone=public --permanent
firewall-cmd --add-port=9443/tcp --zone=public
firewall-cmd --add-port=9443/tcp --zone=public --permanent
MCA should now be running with the default configuration at https://<yourhostname>/meshconfig
Please see Configuration next.