Computing

Accounts and Authentication

How to get accounts, understanding authentication, special accounts...

Data Handling

• dCache - a large distributed disk system for holding data
  • monitors
• enstore - the tape system

Code Management

checking out the main repository, with kerberos authentication for committing:

git clone ssh://p-mu2eofflinesoftwaremu2eoffline@cdcvs.fnal.gov/cvs/projects/mu2eofflinesoftwaremu2eoffline/Offline.git

checking out the main repository, readonly:

git clone http://cdcvs.fnal.gov/projects/mu2eofflinesoftwaremu2eoffline/Offline.git

• The Mu2e git page
• Jenkins - a central build platform
  • Jenkins maintenance
  • Nightly build results
• CVMFS - a distributed disk system to serve static code builds and products
  • users
  • maintainers
  • remote sites
• Download - for remote institutions and laptops
• BTrk - the KalMan fitter code is in this non-standard product

Writing Code

References and How-to's

• SimpleConfig
• Using random numbers:
  • Basic Instructions
  • Complete Instructions
• Magnetic Field Maps.
• Mu2e Geometry: The Big Picture
  • Notes on the geometry files
• Conditions Data
• products and modules
  • Which names need to match each other.
  • The Mantra for making data products.
  • listing products and printing their contents
• Satellite Releases - building only the part of the code base you need
• Run-time Configuration (.fcl files)
• Trigger_paths, end_paths and reconstruction on demand.
• Configuring input and output modules
• What are Services?
  • Services distributed with the framework.
  • Deprecated art services
• About handles.
• Filter Modules.
• Inter-Product References: art::Ptr, art::PtrVector, art::Assns
• Base releases and test releases.
• Search path for some run-time files.
• cet::map_vector: a new class template
• Exceptions: Mu2e policy, CMS guide to managing exceptions.
• Using and configuring the message logger

Standards and Practices

• Editors: Emacs, vim; policy of not using tab characters.
• CMS code references: [link Home] [link Offline WorkBook] [link SW Guide]
• Units and Coordinate Systems

Tutorials

• Testing the ROOT display
• Testing the Geant4 based event display
• Notes on dynamic libraries
• The First Step: the art workbook
• Running G4 within art: The first examples.
• Mu2e maintained FAQs: C++ FAQ, Unix/Linux FAQ, ROOT FAQ, Geant4 Notes

External Packages

• UPS/UPD as used by Mu2e
• Setting up ROOT by itself
• Mu2e code
• art
• CMS Framework
• Root (v5.28)
• Geant4 DOxygen(v9.4.p01)
• Geant4 LXR
• CLHEP(v.2.2.0.4)
• HepPDT
• fhicl-cpp
• cetlib
• Message Facility
• cpp0x
• BTrk
• LXR browsers for many Fermilab projects
• The art redmine wiki, art-users archive
• Other external software used by Mu2e with links to documentation.

Grids and Workflows

• Outline of how to deal with Background Frames
• Accessing FermiGrid
• Workflow for running grid jobs
• Accessing data on tape (SAM)
• Putting data on tape
• operations