HowTo: Installing & Configuring PCells to Administrate dCache

Download PCells

• You can download PCells from the official dCache.org webpage
• Currently we have the version 2.0.4 which works perfectly.

• We strictly recommend pCells 2.0.4 (or newer) as it is much faster than older versions

Setup pCells

• Install Oracle / OpenJDK Java:

• For pCells 2.0.3 and below, install Java 7
• For pCells 2.0.4 and below, install Java 8

• Extract the software from the .tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf pcells-2.0.4.tar.gz

• Prepare SSH2 Key Access as described in HowTo: Configure SSH2 access to the Admin Console by doing the following steps:

• Client - From the machine where you will run pCells generate a private + public SSH key as described in HowTo: Configure SSH2 access to the Admin Console#Client - Private & Public Keys Client, or just copy an existing private + public SSH key in the .ssh directory in your home directory.
• Server - Copy the public key in the file /etc/dcache/admin/authorized_keys2 as described in HowTo: Configure SSH2 access to the Admin Console#Server - Admin Console Authorized Keys

Run pCells

• Run pCells as follows:

java -jar org.pcells-2.0.4-jar-with-dependencies.jar

you can run it with nohup if you prefer.

• Create a new session if does not exist:

Session

New...

Give a name to the session, for instance: dCache Prod

• Open the session:

Session

Open... -> dCache Prod

• Click on the Setup button and set options as follows:

Addresses Tab:

Login Name: admin

Hostname: dccore.pic.es

Portnumber: 22224

Protocol: SSh 2

Modules Tab: leave as it is

Plugins Tab: leave as it is

SSH2 Keys Tab:

SSH private key: <path_to_your_id_rsa_file>

For instance: /home/mcaubet/.ssh/id_rsa