Using Globus on CBS server

#1

I’d like to transfer files from my lab desktop to the CBS server directly using Globus, specifically to a mounted fileshare. Does anyone have experience configuring Globus Personal Connect to a mounted fileshare (i.e., cifs)?

When I try installing there it points to my HOME drive, I think the process is a bit weird as a non-admin. I also tried configuring the globus app found in srv/software/globus with no luck (again maybe a non-admin issue)…

#2

Hi Jessica,

I tried it out and seems to work fine for me.

From a CBS server terminal:

  1. load globus module load globus
  2. run it globusconnectpersonal (you might need to use -setup to set things up again)
  3. a browser should pop up to authenticate (eg log in with digital alliance)
  4. it should also ask you to name your private share
  5. in the globus connect personal GUI that is running, go to preferences:
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  6. There you can change what directories are accessible (e.g. you can put: /cifs/your_share_name) - you might need to ls /cifs/your_share_name to automount it first
  7. then in the globus console (web browser window) you should be able to navigate to your share and see your files. You can then use that to transfer between your private endpoint and any public endpoint (eg digital alliance).

Note: I just now realized you were asking about transferring from desktop to CBS server using globus - you can’t actually do that. With globus, one of the endpoints when transferring has to be a recognized paid subscriber to globus (e.g. digital alliance/compute canada) - the CBS server is not. So you can use globus to transfer from autobids (digital alliance share) to your desktop, or autobids to the CBS server, but not between your desktop and the CBS server.

#3

Thank you, this worked! I just had to clear a previous configuration that was incorrect on my end.