OSG Technology Area Meeting, 14 December 2020¶

Coordinates: Conference: +1-415-655-0002, PIN: 146 266 9392, https://morgridge.webex.com/webappng/sites/morgridge/meeting/info/791d9dddc5464eb6a73fc7746331d06c (password sent separately)
Attending: Brian L, Carl, Junheng, Marco Mambelli, Marian, Mat, Tim C, Tim T

Announcements¶

Outages through the end of the year:
- Mat starting Dec 21
- Carl starting Dec 23
- BrianL starting Dec 24
Potentially moving this meeting to handle ATLAS Tech Coordination Board conflicts

EL8 builds appear to automatically add package requirements for shebang lines. Beware /usr/bin/env python3!
Tech area plates: https://opensciencegrid.atlassian.net/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=19

AI (Carl): New IGTF CA release; update XRootD to 4.12.6.
AI (Carl): Investigate bug in generating the CA certs website (lower priority since we can fix it manually)
AI (Junheng): Fix location for registry PR; apply changes from review of 'outdated packages'
Marco: Working on adding GitHub Actions and plans to use artifacts instead of caches since the former is longer lived
AI (Mat): Ensure GridCF can make a GCT release
AI (TimT): Prepare for new CA release.
AI (TimT): Automate BOSCO and tarball updates; create tarballs for PPC architecture.Announcements:

CMS (Marian): European CMS still mostly on XRootD 4 due to AAA dependency; still discussing migration plans.
Miron (Carl): Continue investigating issues with Compute Canada sites erroneously showing up in the CC* dashboard
UCL (Mat): Help UCL test authenticated stash origin. Discuss with Derek and Brian B about what kind of authentication is desired.

None this week

None this week