[Bio-Linux] Bio-Linux server to submit to Ubuntu cluster

[Carlos Morais]

If you have no private network, I would recommend using IPSec

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 6:49 AM, Tony Travis <
tony.travis at minke-informatics.co.uk> wrote:

> On 19/08/15 22:07, Ryan Johnson wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a cluster with 128 compute nodes that run vanilla Ubutnu 14.04
> > and a PBS/Torque system. We run Galaxy as a separate machine with
> > Bio-Linux 8 (which can be though of as the Galaxy head node). Currently
> > to make it work I have the following directories exported as NFS mounts
> > into the cluster compute nodes:
> >
> > /etc/galaxy-server/
> > /var/lib/galaxy-server
> > /usr/lib/galaxy-server
> >
> > We also have a cluster wide user called Debian-galaxy (which lives on
> > the NIS *Yellow Pages*). Is this considered a safe and efficient way to
> > operate our production Galaxy cluster?
>
> Hi, Ryan.
>
> There is no 100% safe way to operate a cluster if you expose the
> internal (cluster) network. I ran a Bio-Linux Beowulf with three
> separate network fabrics: System, Application and LAN. You should only
> export the NFS shares to cluster nodes on a private network and your NIS
> should be confined to the private network too.
>
> The design I used was based on EPCC (Edinburgh Parallel Computing
> Centre) BOBCAT (Budget Optimised Beowulf Constructed using Affordable
> technology). The most important/innovative aspect of BOBCAT was the
> separation of internal network fabrics for performance, but the same
> applies to separation of network fabrics for security reasons.
>
> HTH,
>
>   Tony.
>
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