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WebMDS enables end users to view monitoring information via a standard web browser interface, without installing any additional software on their PC. WebMDS is implemented as a servlet that uses a plugin interface to gather monitoring information (or any other information in XML format) and XSLT transforms, and present the data to the user in a readable form. Web site administrators can customize their own WebMDS deployments by using HTML form options, configuring different plugins to collect data and XSLT transforms, and creating their own plugins and XSLT transforms.
Features new in release 4.0:
- Extensible plugin interface to support various mechanisms to gather monitoring information and XSLT transforms.
- Plugins to acquire monitoring information via resource property mechanisms.
- Plugin to acquire XSLT transforms by reading from local files.
Other Supported Features
- WebMDS is a new component, so all its features are "new in release 4.0".
Deprecated Features
- None
- 2347: Information missing from service group entry detail page in some cases
- 2275: Misleading summary information in servicegrouptable.xsl
- 2257: Add RFT support into servicegroup table XSL
- 2143: stylesheet that displays simple table
- 2806: Fix default values in "open-ended resource property query" sample form
- 2769: webmds has missing files in filelists
- All fixed bugs and enhancement requests for WebMDS
WebMDS depends on the following GT components:
- Java WS Core
WebMDS depends on the following 3rd party software:
Tested Platforms for WebMDS:
- The WebMDS server has only been tested with Tomcat version 5.0.28; it has been tested on RedHat Linux (i386) and, to a lesser extent, on Windows XP.
- On the client side, WebMDS should be accessible from any web browser on any platform.
Although the WebMDS server is not officially supported on non-Unix platforms, and no Windows installer exists for WebMDS, it is possible to run WebMDS on Windows. The following instructions describe how to install WebMDS on a Windows platform.
- Install
Tomcat and set your
CATALINA_HOMEenvironment variable to the directory into which Tomcat was installed. - Install the Globus Java WS-Core distribution from the Globus Toolkit download page. Set your
GLOBUS_LOCATIONenvironment variable to the directory into which you installed Globus Java WS-Core - Check the
ws-mdsdistribution out of the Globus CVS repository, using theglobus_4_0_branchtag. Install the servicegroup package:
cd c:\
wherever\ws-mds\servicegroup\schema ant deploy cd ..\source ant deploywhere
whereveris the directory into which you checked out the ws-mds sources.Install WebMDS:
cd c:\
wherever\ws-mds\webmds ant deployCreate the webmds context file (this tells Tomcat where to find WebMDS):
%GLOBUS_LOCATION%\lib\webmds\bin\webmds-create-context-file %CATALINA_HOME%\conf\Catalina\localhost
- Restart Tomcat.
WebMDS can then be configured and used as described in the rest of the WebMDS documentation.
Protocol changes since GT version 3.2:
- WebMDS did not exist in GT version 3.2.
API changes since GT version 3.2:
- WebMDS did not exist in GT version 3.2.
Exception changes since GT version 3.2:
- WebMDS did not exist in GT version 3.2.
Schema changes since GT version 3.2:
- WebMDS did not exist in GT version 3.2.
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