OSCARS meeting (MADDEN+ETAP)

→ Europe/Rome
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Please provide short status reports on issues assigned to you:

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  • Hot topics:
    • Test functionalities of all available Rucio instances (Federica, all)
      • is information here up to date? (Looks like yes. Is Client2-ce on ET-IAM used/needed?)
      • Andres and Nikita will simplify instructions on https://gitlab.et-gw.eu/eib/div1/oscars/madden/et-rucio-client to avoid duplication with https://github.com/vre-hub/partner-communities/tree/main/ET/containers/rucio-client.
      • Documentation requested by Paul on how to install/configure/use rucio client: Matti will ask Paul if what we have in the repositotires mentioned above is enough.
    • Prepare setup for xRIDGE (Lia): Lia will update ET Rucio to version 38.
    • CVMFS plugin development (Nikita, Matti): Andrij sent some documentation. Need to read them and follow up.
    • Multi-RI implementations:
      •  PR approved (fix client side), should be included in next 39.x or 40.x (Matti)
        •  Test it and provide instructions for ETAP people
      • PR to Rucio (server side), waiting for review (Matti)
        • Upgrade both CE and ET Rucio servers with multi-RI implementation and test it.  (Lia, Nikita)

 

  • From last week:
    • Test oidc-agent instructions by Andres (anybody?) -> done by Matti, Andres, should be tested by Nikita
    • Custom policy package in CE server was added. Now need to remove admin rights for everyone (issue).
    • once Rucio servers 38 and 39 are deployed, Andres will prepare a new image with the corresponding rucio client

 

  • Miscellaneous:

    • participate in ESCAPE/WLCG Data Challenge in February 
    • join Rucio group of interest on hierarchical file structure: not yet created (Nikita to follow up on this)
    • 2nd OSCARS Annual General Meeting - 11-12 March, 2026 - Seville, Spain https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/37069/overview (maybe Nikita)
    • CHEP abstract submitted
    • follow up with ETAP and OSB about needs for MDC (new joint coordination by EIB-OSB div 10?)
    • WP3 multi-RI metadata queries: Discuss with Paul for HSF cond DB, and with Valentin for Rucio metadata
    • Report on MADDEN at the LVK week (Nikita)
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