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🚀 Quick Deploy — perfSONAR for OSG/WLCG

Get perfSONAR running on OSG/WLCG in 1-2 hours with guided installation.

Choose Your Deployment Type

Option Best For Guide
🐳 Testpoint (Container) Lightweight, central archiving, minimal local resources Install perfSONAR Testpoint
📦 Toolkit (RPM) Full-featured, local web UI, on-site data Install perfSONAR Toolkit

What’s Next?

  • Each install guide covers:
  • Post-install validation & troubleshooting
  • Security hardening
  • Registration & mesh enrollment

  • Multi-NIC and advanced network setup

  • For automation, multi-host, or CI/CD: see Automated Setup Examples

  • For advanced/legacy/manual steps: see Manual Steps (legacy)

Post-Deploy Configuration

Tag perfSONAR measurement traffic with experiment metadata using flowd-go:

  • SciTags, Fireflies, and perfSONAR — What SciTags are, how fireflies work, and why they matter
  • Both install guides include a dedicated flowd-go step (installed by default; opt out with --no-flowd-go when using the orchestrator)
  • Tool: perfSONAR-install-flowd-go.sh (interactive or scripted, ~2 minutes)

Optimize kernel and NIC settings for network throughput:

  • Fasterdata Tuning — ESnet recommendations for high-performance hosts
  • Tool: fasterdata-tuning.sh (audit and apply modes, ~15 minutes)

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