CernVM ATLASLocalRootBase users

WARNING: This page is obsolete.

Please use the cernvm-talk@cern.ch eGroup for support.

Important note:

The look and feel of the environment will be the same as if you are using ATLASLocalRootBase on an SL(c) 5 OS at your Tier3 / desktop / laptop.

Download and configure CernVM

• These instructions are for CernVM 2 and newer.
• Follow the instructions in Exercise 1 and 2.

Initial setup

• In ~/.bash_profile, add these lines:

export ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT_BASE=/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch/repo/ATLASLocalRootBase
alias setupATLAS='source ${ATLAS_LOCAL_ROOT_BASE}/user/atlasLocalSetup.sh'
export ALRB_localConfigDir=$HOME/localConfig

Please refer to this Twiki page for ATLASLocalRootBase and how to set it up for cvmfs. The instructions will tell you how to populate the localConfig directory above.

• Copy your grid certificates to ~/.globus.

Usage

You should now look at this How do I ? section to understand how to do various tasks.

-- AsokaDeSilva - 23 Oct 2009