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WebMDS is a web-based interface for viewing formatted information about Grid resources. In the simplest instance, a web server administrator creates an HTML link that causes the WebMDS server to collect and format information that is presented to the user. Users can also use web forms to specify parameters that control what information is collected and how it's presented.
There is no end-user command-line tool for WebMDS.
The command-line tool webmds-create-context-file is used to
create Tomcat configuration files needed to deploy WebMDS.
webmds-create-context-file [-f] tomcat_context_file
The tomcat_context_file argument is the location of the Tomcat
configuration file defining the WebMDS context; in a default Tomcat
installation, the location of this file will be
$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost.
By default, webmds-create-context-file will not overwrite
an existing context file; the -f option is used to force
webmds-create-context-file to overwrite an existing file.
Note: webmds-create-context-file is found in
$GLOBUS_LOCATION/lib/webmds/bin
$GLOBUS_LOCATION/lib/webmds/bin/webmds-create-context-file -f \
$CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost
The WebMDS GUI is a web-based interface for browsing formatted XML data, such as the results of resource property queries on a grid service.
WebMDS can be accessed using any web browser. In a default WebMDS
installation, the URL http://hostname:port/webmds
corresponds to the top-level WebMDS web page. This page includes a link
to a WebMDS invocation that provides summary information (with links to
detailed information) about a locally-running MDS Index server. It also
contains a link to a page of sample web forms demonstrating other uses
of WebMDS.
The WebMDS servlet is located at http://your-tomcat-host:your-tomcat-port/webmds/webmds.
It takes the following arguments:
Table 1. Form arguments used by WebMDS
info | The name of the XML source that will be used to collect the raw XML data.
XML sources are defined by files in
$GLOBUS_LOCATION/lib/webmds/conf. This argument must be
specified. |
xsl | The name of the XML source that will provide the XSL transform.
XML sources are defined by files in
$GLOBUS_LOCATION/lib/webmds/conf.
If this argument is not specified, the WebMDS servlet will display
raw, untransformed XML. |
xmlSource.info_name.param.source_specific_options | Any additional options recognized by the info_name XML source (info_name must be the value of the info argument for this request). Source-specific options are discussed in the next section. |
xmlSource.xsl_name.param.source_specific_options | Any additional options recognized by the xsl_name XML source (xsl_name must be the value of the xsl argument for this request). Source-specific options are discussed in the next section. |