GlueX Software Meeting, March 25, 2024

GlueX Software Meeting
Monday, March 25, 2024
11:00 am EDT
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Agenda

1. Announcements
   • Read-only XRootD server for offsite production (/cache/halld and /volatile/halld)
     • access through scitokens, enrollment via service now ticket [1]
     • Will soon be added to external DNS server
2. Review of minutes and action items
3. OS Upgrade to Alma9:
   • Current farm: 46 Alma9 nodes and 193 CentOS7 nodes
   • version_5.15.0.xml builds and runs on RHEL7, Centos7, RHEL8, Alma9 and containers
   • Detailed CentOS7 vs Alma9 comparison (Beni)
   • Crash in CCShower_factory (Issue #789): fixed via PR #790
4. Container updates
   • gluex_almalinux_9 docker container
   • rjones30-gluextest (almalinux_9) docker container
5. Discussion of software upgrade projects:
   • JANA2 (Nathan/Raiqa)
   • RCDB/CCDB (Dmitry)
     • CCDB 1.06.11 can read database with python3, but not write
     • CCDB 2 can currently not write either
     • Mark's plan from 2020
   • Geant4 (Richard):
     • Link to Richard's logbook for the Alma9 port
   • ROOT
6. Review of recent issues and pull requests:
   1. halld_recon: Issues, PRs
   2. halld_sim: Issues, PRs
   3. hdgeant4: Issues, PRs
   4. MCwrapper: Issues, PRs
   5. gluex_root_analysis: Issues, PRs
7. Review of recent discussion on the GlueX Software Help List (all)

Questions

• ifarm monitoring:
  • will be much improved with Alma9 roll out
• GPU monitoring (Justin): Jupyter notebooks often block GPUs
• Apps through oasis on CVMFS, or Jlab's own server? (Richard)
• Tokens for xrootd? (Richard)

Action Items

1. Documentation
   • Improve documentation on singularity containers:
     • supply Alma9 container through CVMFS
     • modify batch submission scripts
2. Software Upgrades
   • halld_recon:
     • $HALLD_RECON_HOME/src/BMS is deprecated, remove from the repo?
   • JANA2 (Nathan):
     • implement JANA2 in build_scripts, provide version.xml for general testing
     • N. will focus on the transition now
     • Use Alma9 container?
   • CCDB 2.0 (Dmitry):
     • Check alma9 container
     • Implement version check in v1, test with v2
     • Need to test CCDB DB version update - need instructions / command from Dmitry (Sean)
   • Geant4
     • Use newest version that was approved by Richard
     • Upgrade the Alma9 build first, then try to build on Centos7
   • ROOT
     • Upgrade the Alma9 build first, then try to build on Centos7