Administrator's Guide

Provides detailed instructions for installing and initializing a digital library using gCube’s core components. Includes information about external dependencies, known issues, incompatibilities, specific platform details etc. Offers guidelines and instructions for the daily administration and upgrading of a gCube infrastructure and the within established VREs.

Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Intended Readership
   2. Purpose
   3. Related Documents
   4. Lexical Conventions
   5. Problem Reporting
2. How to set up a gCube infrastructure
   1. Non-secure configuration
   2. Secure configuration
3. gCube Hosting Node (gHN) Installation
   1. Host preparation
   2. Package installation
   3. Post-installation configuration
   4. Testing and verifying the installation
   5. Installation troubleshooting
4. Core Services Installation
   1. Platform Wide Dependencies
   2. Environment Setup
   3. VREManagement
   4. Broker & Matchmaker (BMM)
   5. Information System (IS)
   6. VDL Generator
   7. Dynamic Virtual Organization Support (DVOS)
   8. Portals
   9. Gridsphere Bundle Deployment
5. VRE Services Configuration
   1. Index Management
   2. Search Management
   3. Content & Storage Management
   4. Metadata Management
   5. Process Management
6. VRE Administration
   1. Resources Management
   2. VO and Users Management
   3. VRE Monitoring
   4. VRE Management
      1. Resources Management
         1. Generic Resources Management
      2. Resources Registration
      3. Resources Approval
      4. Services Deployment
   5. VRE Creation
   6. Index Management
      1. Full Text Index
      2. Geo Index
7. Portal Installation
8. Authorization with LDAP
   1. Adding LDAP authorization to the D4Science Portal
   2. Adding VOMS Configuration for D4Science Secure Infrastructure
9. APPENDIX
   1. Security Model
   2. How To Configure gHN Security
   3. How To Configure Identities For gCube Services