ATLAS Offline Software  

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Some useful websites in general:

Dr. Daniel Hayden's Website: resourceful

How to setup ssh key or password-less logins

Services of Physics

SSH FAQ for CERN


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   This BNL webpage has all the necessary information and detail steps to get a Grid access.  Following are the few important points that will help:
       - When Obtaining a Grid Certificate choose "via Web Browser"
       -  DOEgrids OSG User Certificate Request Page: Virtual Organization: ATLAS  Sponsor Information: Horst Severini
       -  Once the steps of  "Obtaining a grid Certificate" is completed wait for the Certificate via email before moving to join a VO
       - After Horst verifies your identity you will get an email with the link of the certificate within a couple of days. Please follow the instructions.
       -  After you import your certificate to Web browser, you want to make a backup with a private key.
          This can be done in firefox by going to  Tools > Options/Preferences > Advance > Encryption > View Certificates > Your Certificates. Make sure you save it as "pkcs12" format.   
      -  You can now copy this key to the computer you will run grid-proxy-init. Please follow the instructions in the email and this BNL page for extracting your Certificate and Encrypted Private key in that Computer.
      -  You can start your process to Join ATLAS VO going to the BNL webpage and following the instruction.
      -  In Phase-I  VO registration the Representative is John R. Hover and you need to use a CERN email id.
      - Once Phase I is completed you will get an email to confirm your email id and to start Phase II.   Select atlas/usa  and atlas/lcg1  groups to join. Do not select any roles.
      -  Once Phase II is done you should get an official email with in couple of days, confirming your membership.
      - Follow this link to Setup your account in lxplus machines.  If you do 'cvmfs' through ouhep machines then:  
                    > cd /afs/cern.ch
                    > kinit -f username@CERN.CH [notice it should be in CAPS] 
                    > afs5log cern.ch
                    > cd user/first letter of your username/your username

  -  To open a repository under atlasusr email: atlas-svn-managers@cern.ch
  - Projects, Packages and Releases
  - SVN in ATLAS
  - Basic SVN Commands
  - To create a package structure: svn mkdir --parents svn+ssh://ahasib@svn.cern.ch/reps/atlasusr/ahasib/MyPackage/trunk -m "ahasib/MyPackage/trunk created" (similarly for branch & tags)
  - To import a new package: svn import . svn+ssh://ahasib@svn.cern.ch/reps/atlasusr/ahasib/MyPackage/trunk  PackageName -m "ahasib/MyPackage/trunk PackageName created"
  - To tag a package: svn cp . svn+ssh://svn.cern.ch/reps/atlasusr/ahasib/MyPackage/tags/PackageName-00-00-01 -m "Tag  created"
  - To  sync the base directory: svn update
  - To commit: svn commit -m "a one line description of the update" Note: you have to sync first before you can commit
  - Create a ChangeLog file in the base directory with detail description of changes.
  - Create a README file with detail installation instruction. 
  - SVN only updates the existing files, to add a new file: svn add filename Note: you have to commit after you add otherwise it will not show up




        - ID shifter Whiteboard
        - ID shifters Links and Instructions
        - ID Shifter Guide

          - Retrieving Files from the Grid    
           -  Working with datasets from the Grid
           - Running on Real DATA
           - Prun
           - Panda!
           -  How to submit Athena jobs to Panda Twiki
           - Panda Shift Guide
           -  AtlasDAST



ATLAS Offline Software Tutorial : December, 2012

March, 2012:  Tutorial
December 2013: Tutorial

Monday, 3 December 2012
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