Grid Node Installation Procedures

For Windows version of Node

For Linux version of Node

VMware Install (Virtual Machine) - for Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 2003, etc), Linux, Mac OSX (intel processor only, using VMWare Fusion)

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: Intel Pentium Core 2 or Better

Disk space: 1.5 Gigabytes for VDT/Windows, 10GB for VM

Memory: 2 Gigabytes

Network Requirements:

Hostname: Internet resolvable fully qualified domain name (Note: Software issues using NAT)

Network Location: DMZ (Additional ports needed for nodes behind firewalls)

Firewall Ports:

443/TCP inbound (Web Services) (some configurations choose to use 8443 for inbound web services)

The following firewall ports are optional. Open the ports for the services that will be consumed at your site.

2119/TCP inbound (Job Manager)

2135/TCP inbound (Grid Resources Information Service)

2811/TCP inbound/outbound (GridFTP Control Channel)

50000 – 51000 TCP inbound/outbound (GridFTP Data Channel)

Note: The port range can be increased or decreased based on the projected number of concurrent users. (I.E 50000 - 50034)

7512/TCP inbound (MyProxy X.509 Credentials Service)

Contact Information:

Technical: Dan Washington (BearingPoint Contractor) 404-395-6449, DWashington1@cdc.gov

Technical: Peter White (BearingPoint Contractor) 678-431-5695, PMWhite@cdc.gov

Technical: Brian Lee (BearingPoint Contractor) 404-498-0046, BALee@cdc.gov

Project: John Stinn (BearingPoint Contractor) 404-386-8734, JStinn@cdc.gov

Business: Ken Hall (BearingPoint Contractor) 404-993-3311, KHall1@cdc.gov

Government: Tom Savel (CDC), 404-498-3081, Tsavel@cdc.gov