[Go-essp-tech] [esgf-devel] Updating the obsolete IDP Whitelist.

[Gavin M Bell]

Hello All,

There has been two flag in the esg-node script, put there for addressing just this issue. 

% esg-node --fetch-static-Idp-file

And

% esg-node --fetch-static-shards-file

They currently live on rainbow. I will change the code to point to github instead. Either way this is a stopgap solution so that we can have the federation sync'ed on the same info. 

As it is a stop-gap solution it is not in the "esg-node's --help" output on purpose. 



"I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd." -Jules Winnfield


> On Mar 1, 2014, at 6:52 AM, Prashanth Dwarakanath <pchengi at nsc.liu.se> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> One of the main inconsistencies across the ESGF nodes is the IDP whitelist.  Many sites don't have the newer entries while several obsolete and no-longer functional entries continue to pollute the file. The 'official' list of IDP servers is found here: https://github.com/ESGF/esgf.github.io/wiki/ESGF_IdPs
> 
> It contains entries for both the current p2p system as well as its precursor, the gateway, in a bid to have backward compatibility. However, it must be noted that those that ran gateway services have long since migrated to the p2p system. Many don't even run those services on those urls anymore, while others have redirected the urls to the new p2p instances.
> 
> In short, a little housekeeping is in order. I've eliminated the gateway nodes (which included hosts which no longer exist, such as dev-hydra.esrl.svc, esg-gw.ornl.teragrid.org, esg.ucar.edu and ndg3beta.badc.rl.ac.uk) . Please find the updated list attached with this mail. If any servers have been missed out, I request that they be added to the list and the wiki updated accordingly.
> 
> Regards,
> Prashanth Dwarakanath
> System Expert
> National Supercomputer Center
> Linköping, Sweden
> 
> --
> "If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong."
> -Groucho Marx
> <updated_esgf_idp_static.xml>