Genesis II Documentation

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Contents


Architecture & Features

Installing and Using

Description of how trust, cryptographic identity, access-control, and secure communication and are used to provide information security in Genesis II.
The tools and resources used to assist in deploying Grid applications
A pluggable, installable filesystem interface for virtualizing Genesis II Grids as network disk drives.
Resources of the Information Service type can be used to gather metadata for use in scheduling decisions.
A primer that discusses implications of installing a Genesis II distribution. The primer introduces the notion of the "roles" that you may wish your distribution to perform, which impact how the distribution is installed and configured.
How to obtain, install, and uninstall a Genesis II distribution.
A compendium of frequently-asked-questions and how-tos to help you get the most out of your Genesis II installation.
A list of commands available to Genesis II users and documentation about them. This list is not guaranteed to be complete.
A set of instructions that tell you how to take a Genesis II install and modify it to bootstrap your own net with security turned off.

Publications

Miscellaneous

A guide for deciphering commonly-used acronyms
Description of the structure and content of the Endpoint References (EPRs) used by Genesis II to "address" grid resources
Description of how GenesisII SOAP messages differ from the standard expected messages for WSRF-WS_Resource_Properties.
A list of known issues with the current release of the Genesis II system.
A reference page for the XScript language.