caGrid 1.3 Manual Installation

To get caGrid installed quickly on your host we recommend using the caGrid 1.3 Installer. The installer is designed to install and configure nearly all of the software that you need.

If you would rather not use the Installer you can follow this guide to manually install and configure caGrid.

Step 1. Install the Prerequisites

caGrid depends upon a number of libraries and software components. Make sure you download the software prerequisites and configure your environment properly to use caGrid.

caGrid 1.3 prerequisites

Step 2. Obtain a Software Release

Obtain caGrid 1.3 from software repository or source bundle.

Step 3. Build caGrid

Once you have caGrid on you host system with Java, Ant and Globus prerequisites in place you can build caGrid 1.3

Step 4. Create a Container

You will need to configure the Tomcat ot JBoss container that you installed in Step 1.

Step 5. Inspect the caGrid Directory Structure

The caGrid release is oriented around a number of individual projects and the build process manages inter-project dependencies. After caGrid is built, each of the projects can be used independently. For example, if you are only interested in Introduce, you can safely copy around caGrid/projects/introduce as a standalone copy of Introduce. The same is true for core services; once caGrid is built, all dependencies for each service are copied into the ext directories of the service. Read descriptions of each project.

Step 6. Review Additional caGrid 1.3 Documentation

Read the caGrid 1.3 documentation.

You can choose a target Grid. The recommended Grid for new developers is the Training Grid, as it is used throughout our tutorials.
Next, get started with caGrid 1.3.