Software Tools Related to the Globus Toolkit
The following tools and libraries are available for use with certain versions of the Globus Toolkit. Send mail to info@globus.org if you know of a tool that should be listed here.
- Security tools
- Data management tools
- Information services tools
- Execution management tools
- Packaging tools
- Programming tools
- Software distributions
Security tools
| Tool | Description | Compatible with |
|---|---|---|
| GridShib | Shibboleth-to-Globus attribute gateway. Beta release now available! |
GT4 |
| KX509 and KCA | A system for providing Kerberos users with Grid credentials without operating a conventional Certificate Authority. | |
| PERMIS | Privilege and role management | GT4 |
| PKINIT | A mechanism that allows a Kerberos ticket to be obtained using a Grid credential rather than a Kerberos pass phrase. | |
| Virtual Organization Management System (VOMS) | A database-driven mechanism for central management of user role and capability data. |
Data management tools
| Tool | Description | Compatible with |
|---|---|---|
| Network Storage (NeST) | Adds storage reservation capabilities to GridFTP. Availability is pending. |
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| Storage Resource Broker (SRB) | GridFTP interface to SRB data sources, and vice versa | GT4 |
| Weka4WS | A framework to extend the widely used Weka toolkit for supporting distributed data mining on Grid environments. | GT4 |
Information services tools
| Tool | Description | Compatible with |
|---|---|---|
| Ganglia Cluster Toolkit | A toolkit that specializes in collecting monitoring data from clusters and hierarchical aggregations of clusters. |
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| HandleSystem-GT Project | A framework that leverages CNRI's Handle System (www.handle.net) for identifier and resolution services through a tight integration with GT4's Web services protocols |
GT4 |
| Inca | A generic framework for automated testing, verification, and monitoring of service-level agreements. | |
| MonALISA | A distributed monitoring tool that features proxy services to enable use with firewalls and a wide variety of client interfaces including JINI and WAP. |
Execution management tools
| Tool | Description | Compatible with |
|---|---|---|
| Condor-G | Job submission tool | GT4 |
| Grid Resource Management System | Metascheduler for Globus Grids | |
| Grid Service Broker (GSB) | Grid Service Broker (GSB), developed by the Gridbus Project, supports creation, scheduling, and deployment of computational or data grid applications (including work flows) on enterprise and global Grids. | GT4 |
| GridWay | Meta-scheduler that performs job execution management and resource brokering on heterogeneous and dynamic computational Grids | GT4 |
| GriPhyN Virtual Data System | High-level specification & management of scientific workflows | Pre-WS GT components (there are plans to provide compatibility with WS GT4 components in the near future) |
| MPICH-G2 | Globus-enabled Message Passing Interface implementation | Pre-WS GT components (there are plans to provide compatibility with WS GT4 components in the near future) |
| Nimrod-G | High-level tool for specification & management of parameter studies | GT4 |
| Ninf-G | Implements GridRPC specification for remote procedure call | GT4 |
| Sun Grid Engine | Enabling WS GRAM to run submitted jobs on a Sun Grid Engine cluster. An alternative solution is the GridwiseTech Grid Engine-Globus Toolkit adapter. | GT4 |
Packaging tools
| Tool | Description | Compatible with |
|---|---|---|
| Grid Packaging Tools (GPT) | The Grid Packaging Tools are a multi platform packaging system used to deploy Grid middleware for projects such as the National Science Foundation's Middleware Initiative (NMI) and the Globus Toolkit. | All versions of GT |
| PACMAN | A tool for producing consistent software deployments on many systems | All versions of GT |
Programming tools
| Tool | Description | Compatible with |
|---|---|---|
| Java CoG Kit | Java technology for working with Globus Grids | GT2 and GT3.2 There are plans to provide compatibility with GT4 in the near future. |
| pyGridware | Python technology for working with Globus Grids | GT4 |
| Super | A toolkit for J2EE and Grid. The SuperWebservice is a universal Web Service GUI client, working with both stateless and stateful Web Service. | GT4 |
| WSRF.NET | .NET implementation of WSRF and other Web services specifications | There are plans to provide compatibility with GT4 in the near future. |
Software distributions
| Tool | Description | Compatible with |
|---|---|---|
| Common TeraGrid Software Stack (CTSS) | Packaging of GT and related software for TeraGrid sites | GT 2.4.3 GT4: RFT and GridFTP only (there are plans to provide compatibility with more GT4 components in the near future) |
| Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (EGEE) | ||
| LHC Computing Grid (LCG) | VDT plus additional components for high energy physics grid | GT2 |
| NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI) | An integrated distribution of reusable Grid software used in NSF's Cyber infrastructure programs. | |
| ROCKS | An all-in-one management system and software suite for Linux clusters. | |
| Virtual Data Toolkit (VDT) | A software distribution focusing on the needs of the distributed Astronomy and Physics communities. | GT3.2 (there are plans to provide compatibility with GT4 in the near future) |
| NorduGrid's Advanced Resource Connector (ARC) (www.nordugrid.org) | NorduGrid's ARC middleware provides reliable implementation of Grid computing and storage services, striving to conform to open community standards. A number of ARC middleware components rely on several important standards implemented in the Globus Toolkit libraries, such as the Globus Security Infrastructure (GSI) and the GridFTP protocol. | GT2.x, GT3.x, GT4.x |