GRIA Services Change Log

Version 4.3.1

Bug

• [GRIAS-393] - Assigning a sufficiently large credit limit in Account Service Admin causes a "numeric field overflow" error in PostgreSQL.
• [GRIAS-414] - The licences hyperlink in the IPR doc does not work
• [GRIAS-438] - Insecure: security policy doesn't give location of Body element

Version 4.3.0

This version allows the optional deployment of an OGSA-DAI service as well as supporting installation on Windows XP. Installation documentation has also been added targeting SuSE 9.3 & 10.0 and Fedora Core 4. A full list of changes is provided below:

Bug

• [GRIAS-139] - HTTP Status 404 - /GRIA/j_security_check
• [GRIAS-261] - Logical datastore path under windows
• [GRIAS-280] - Update instructions for Debian/apache
• [GRIAS-308] - Platform scripts should have a properties file with the version number
• [GRIAS-314] - Unexpected error while opening finishJob authorisation
• [GRIAS-322] - CLONE -java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
• [GRIAS-335] - killing Jobs with an application kill script
• [GRIAS-337] - Job service should delete working dir when job is finished
• [GRIAS-352] - Jobs can't be killed unless there is a killJob wrapper script
• [GRIAS-366] - RA tutorial apps web page unclear
• [GRIAS-371] - Platform scripts fail when filenames or paths contain spaces
• [GRIAS-378] - Poor error reporting in LDS
• [GRIAS-379] - Installer does not detect that auth needs reconfiguration after database is recreated
• [GRIAS-381] - Failed jobs do not return an error to the client
• [GRIAS-382] - When the client drops a database, the record of the DB should be removed from the RA Service
• [GRIAS-388] - When the webapp times out, the login page has no stylesheet if you had been in a subdirectory
• [GRIAS-392] - On installation, if you specify a directory that is not readable by tomcat then you are told "directory does not exist"

New Feature

• [GRIAS-229] - Add job control to admin interface
• [GRIAS-257] - OGSA-DAI Service

Task

• [GRIAS-347] - it is not clear whether the packaged tomcat in FC4 works with GRIA or not

Improvement

• [GRIAS-204] - Misleading error when crl.pem is out of date
• [GRIAS-207] - Support for installation on Windows
• [GRIAS-325] - Tell users what to do when a machine has external and internal addresses
• [GRIAS-351] - Make Resource Allocation checking optional
• [GRIAS-358] - Stop suggesting MD5 as the preferred hash
• [GRIAS-365] - Improve documentation consistency and structure
• [GRIAS-364] - Upgrade OGSA-DAI Service to WSI 2.1

Version 4.2.0

Bug

• [GRIAS-108] - Incorrect javadoc in job service interface
• [GRIAS-120] - Incorrect SQL statement in RA admin page
• [GRIAS-219] - Missing xercesImpl
• [GRIAS-227] - invoking startJob/getJobStatus/killJob, API inconsistency
• [GRIAS-233] - Misleading error for bad database permissions
• [GRIAS-234] - Compile on JDK1.5 and run on JDK1.4 causes BigDecimal Error
• [GRIAS-235] - Documentation: Appendix links are broken
• [GRIAS-239] - Change certifcate encoding from DER to PEM
• [GRIAS-243] - GRIA services on Windows configuration directory
• [GRIAS-244] - path values in property files are stored with backward slashes
• [GRIAS-246] - GRIA services under windows cannot invoke platform scripts directly
• [GRIAS-248] - Windows porting problem: platform scripts invocation fails with error 193
• [GRIAS-282] - Errors not being logged
• [GRIAS-289] - Documentation fixes
• [GRIAS-294] - Blank pages accessing /GRIA on SuSE 9.2
• [GRIAS-297] - broken links in services manual
• [GRIAS-303] - GRIA services conversation concurrency bugs
• [GRIAS-304] - Can't get a data-only resource allocation
• [GRIAS-312] - Fedora installation instructions
• [GRIAS-318] - Nullpointer in GridCastorDeserializer

New Feature

• [GRIAS-241] - Maintain application metadata by the GRIA webserver
• [GRIAS-254] - Allow user to choose config directory location

Task

• [GRIAS-206] - Add PBS support to execution platform scripts
• [GRIAS-208] - Add Condor support to execution platform scripts
• [GRIAS-238] - Port local execution scripts to windows
• [GRIAS-291] - Remove redundant jars from distrubtion
• [GRIAS-311] - fixed location for BC provider

Improvement

• [GRIAS-172] - Tender on applications, not suites
• [GRIAS-195] - Document JSP compile failure problem
• [GRIAS-209] - Measure clean-up thread time in seconds
• [GRIAS-217] - Add uninstall instructions
• [GRIAS-220] - Sort accounts by ID in account admin tool
• [GRIAS-221] - Job admin tool lists running jobs
• [GRIAS-230] - Improve application specific kill script documentation
• [GRIAS-250] - CLONE -Supporting certificate revocation lists from mutiple CA's
• [GRIAS-271] - Add copyright footer to account admin pages
• [GRIAS-287] - Store version number in properties file
• [GRIAS-290] - Use GridServIT 0.3.2 (change log here) and Auth 1.1.4 (change log here).
• [GRIAS-293] - Improve appendix documentation on platform scripts
• [GRIAS-300] - Update installer for new application deployment system
• [GRIAS-302] - Use sleep 10 for both tutorial app

Version 4.1.0

The documentation now includes installation instructions for Fedora Core 3 and instructions on how to upgrade from the previous release.

Bug

• [GRIAS-142] - Copy crypto.properties
• [GRIAS-145] - Couldn't clean up resource allocations due to: No axis message context
• [GRIAS-151] - Javadoc errors
• [GRIAS-154] - Certificate inconsistent with keystore
• [GRIAS-159] - Account module unit tests failure from cruise control
• [GRIAS-161] - GridService calls System.exit()
• [GRIAS-162] - org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Premature end of file.
• [GRIAS-163] - submit job hangs and blocks checkJob
• [GRIAS-164] - getJobStatus should invoke app status script optionally
• [GRIAS-168] - HTML validation warnings
• [GRIAS-170] - Escape < in log output
• [GRIAS-198] - "How Do I..?" Links broken in contents page of Services Manual
• [GRIAS-200] - HTTP Status 403 - Access to the requested resource has been denied

New Feature

• [GRIAS-156] - Easier configuration of logging
• [GRIAS-160] - Show list of authorised user(s)

Improvement

• [GRIAS-146] - Improve apache configuration
• [GRIAS-148] - Improve signing instructions
• [GRIAS-155] - Make keystore step a task
• [GRIAS-157] - Display message indicating successful configuration
• [GRIAS-158] - Display the account endpoint
• [GRIAS-165] - Make configuration directory more flexible
• [GRIAS-166] - Move duplicate getPrivateKeyAlias() methods to KeyStoreUtils
• [GRIAS-167] - Money size limit too small
• [GRIAS-174] - Include line numbers in log output
• [GRIAS-175] - killJob improvements
• [GRIAS-176] - startJob script improvements
• [GRIAS-177] - getJobStatus improvement on invoking app specific scritps
• [GRIAS-178] - Add Fedora Core instructions for configuring Apache
• [GRIAS-179] - Tell users about tutorial renaming
• [GRIAS-180] - Restructure documentation
• [GRIAS-182] - Make swirl effects more obvious
• [GRIAS-187] - Configuration directory is not hardcoded anymore
• [GRIAS-188] - Warn about job configuration on main screen
• [GRIAS-191] - Better error for unknown service URI
• [GRIAS-192] - Check keystore certs are valid
• [GRIAS-197] - Create documentation targeting Fedora
• [GRIAS-199] - Simplify database instructions
• [GRIAS-201] - Use GridServIT 0.3.1 (change log here) and Auth 1.1.3 (change log here)
• [GRIAS-202] - Improved keytool GUI installation instructions.
• [GRIAS-213] - Fixes/Improvements to GRIA Services docs
• [GRIAS-224] - Add upgrade instructions

Version 4.0.0

New Features

• New simplified installation & deployment procedure for GRIA incorporated as a single web based archive file.
• Service administration is now web based, requiring a secure login for access.
• Credit limit is now in statement (#404).

Bug Fixes

• JopService can now cope with blank lines in job status (#483).
• getJobStatus scripts handle error when the .app_sp_status cannot be read (#465).
• Corrected mapping of GRIA job service states to RM states (#450).
• Fixed comment in jobservice.properties(#451).
• Fixed NullPointerException in cleanup thread (#399).
• When Submit fails the user is not told (#351).
• ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in jobservce clean method (#464).
• Explained how to enable NTP (#272).

Version 3.2.0

First version to be built using Maven.

New Features

• Updated stylesheet for RA Admin tool so that it's easier to use (#394)
• The RA Adimn tool display sizes in units of K/Mb/Gb and not just bytes (#383)

Bug Fixes

• Produce meaningfull errors when checking job status (#396)
• Need for an extra job status when status script return errors (#345)
• Race Condition in job status - job gets stuck in "input retrieval complete" (#361)
• platform status script keeps lock files under /tmp (#366)

Version 3.1.0

Bug Fixes

• New input-retrieval-complete state (#245).
• Jobs get stuck in input-retrieval-in-progress (#255).
• Clean up thread doesnt finish properly(#256).
• Incorrect wrapper arguments in jobservice.properties (#257).
• Provide a browse button when delegating (#260).
• Log all SOAP method calls for easier debugging(#261).
• Log4j.properties added to classpath (#263).
• newJob should throw an exception if the serviceURI is wrong (#264).
• Free the client user from having to set the location of message_enforcement.xml(#265).
• Set source specific copyright statements (#267,#269).
• Job service does not give failed stagers (#279).
• Optional fields in requirements (#282).
• Terminated is not a final state(#283).
• Correct calculation of slot heights (#285).
• Improved documentation for configuring mod_jk with apache(#308).

Version 3.0.1

New Features

• User now can specify server certifcate file directly instead of having to create a keystore.

Bug Fixes

• Incorrect database query in Resource Allocation Model results in failure to find queues (#231).
• Job Service may kill jobs prematurely under some conditions (#236).
• Job Service sometimes fails to detect that input data is ready, due to a race condition between it and Postgres (#238).
• Database consistency error under stress testing(#252).

Version 3.0.0 - Initial Release of GRIA v3

The GRIA Service Provider v2.0.0 has been renamed GRIA Services to reflect the following significant refactoring:

• The underlying web service platform is now standard AXIS, making it easier to introduce other types of services alongside GRIA services.
• The security features are now supplied as a package of plug-ins to AXIS, known as "GridServIT". This must be installed before the GRIA services package.
• The handling of complex data types has been rationalised, and the complexity of types used by the services simplified.
• The resource manager interface has been replaced by scripts that manage connections between the job service and execution platform.
• Installation and administration tools have been developed to make these tasks simpler.

Version 2.0.2

Bug Fixes

• Missing synchronized on MemoryStateRepository (#169)
• Can't append to Accounts.xml on Windows (#168)
• Added prompt for configuration (#167)
• Client copes badly with failed rejections (#164)
• Improve client side system test instructions (#163)
• Check for illegal characters in the application args (#162)

Version 2.0.1

New Features

• INDIA wrapper updates
  • improved error handling of input data
  • added dos to unix file handling
  • improved status and error reporting to client

Bug Fixes

• SQLStateRepository missing some methods (#147)
• Naming scheme for RM job description files (#146)
• Improved documentatuion of Implementationfactory.properties (#141)
• Finish or remove StartJob from the GUI browser (#138)
• Cope with failing job status (#137)
• Added 'gria check-accounts' command (#136)
• Fixed generation of Javadoc (#135)
• Extra output from 'gria' command(#133)

Version 2.0.0 - Initial Release of GRIA v2

To submit comments or suggestions about the GRIA software, please send mail to griasupport@it-innovation.soton.ac.uk