Exercise 12: Query BDII

From Gridkaschool
  • Test that the BDII is operational
 ldapsearch -x -h <hostname> -p 2170 -b o=infosys
  • Test that the BDII is updating
 ldapsearch -x -h <hostname> -p 2170 -b o=infosys "*" modifyTimestamp
  • Test that the Glue 1.3 root entry is available
 ldapsearch -x -h <hostname> -p 2170 -b mds-vo-name=resource,o=grid
  • Test that the Glue 2.0 root entry is available
 ldapsearch -x -h <hostname> -p 2170 -b o=glue


  • Query local resource (the cream ce)
 ldapsearch -x -H ldap://<hostname>:2170 -b mds-vo-name=resource,o=grid
  • Query the site-BDII (publishing all resources of your site)
 ldapsearch -x -H ldap://gks-027.scc.kit.edu:2170 -b mds-vo-name=GridKASchool00,o=grid
  • Query a top BDII publishing a set of sites
 ldapsearch -x -H ldap://emitestbed53.cnaf.infn.it:2170 -b mds-vo-name=local,o=grid


  • Info scripts should be run as ldap user, who is a non-interactive user.

To be sure to do so:

 su ldap --shell /bin/bash --session-command '/usr/bin/whoami;

Call a script:

 su ldap --shell /bin/bash --session-command '/var/lib/bdii/gip/provider/glite-info-provider-service-cream-wrapper'