Hi,
This issue applies to many Globus components, so I'm forwarding to a
rather broad distribution. I hope this doesn't cause problems for
anyone.
-- Lee
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jim Basney <jbas...@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Date: July 21, 2009 10:33:41 AM MDT
To: usage-st...@globus.org
Subject: [usage-stats] documentation for opt-out / configuration of
Globus usage statistics
Hi,
At
http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.2/4.2.1/admin/install/#gtadmin-config-usage-stats
it says, "The following components collect usage statistics as
outlined
here (along with information about how to opt-out)" with a link to
http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/4.2/4.2.1/Usage_Stats.html
but I can't find the information about how to opt-out on that
Usage_Stats.html page. There's an "Opt-out" section, but it doesn't
describe how.
Back on the "Installing GT 4.2.1" page, "Appendix H. Usage
Statistics",
I see the details listed for each component, and it appears that
opting
out for all components requires setting GLOBUS_USAGE_OPTOUT=1 in the
environment (for C components) and modifying usageStatisticsTargets in
$GLOBUS_LOCATION/etc/globus_wsrf_core/server-config.wsdd (for Java
components). Is that right? These details are listed under each
component, rather than being described as a consistent interface
across
all Globus components, so maybe there are some components that
require a
different configuration for opting out? Hopefully not.
I suggest documenting the steps for opting out for all Globus
components
on the Usage_Stats.html page and ensuring that those steps work
consistently across all components.
It would be nice if the Java components respected the
GLOBUS_USAGE_OPTOUT environment variable, rather than requiring
different configurations for C and Java components, but I understand
that Java 1.4 support for environment variables is lacking.
-Jim
