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Compte rendu réunion DIRAC@IN2P3
Mardi 15 Septembre 2026
Atendees: Andrei, Axel, Bertrand, Héloïse, Loris, Luisa, Mazen, Natthan, Stella-Maria, Sorina, Vanessa
Agenda:
- Project Status
- Services, Projects
- Conference, workshop, publications
- Consortium
- AOB
1. Project Status
1.1. Versions
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DIRAC v8.0.83 (from 8.0.81)
Minor fixes
dirac-jobexec fix for using parameterised input data -
Still PR:
* outputPath, LFN globbing in the output data
* enabling File Monitoring for Transformations
* 9.0: propagation of 8.0 fixes -
DIRAC v9.1.18 (from 9.1.12)
* See release notes: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/blob/v9.1.18/release.notes
* Parameterized SQL calls to allow arguments checking by the MySQL client
* correct AccountingDB bucket writing (raw buckets were not dropped)
* Multiple optimizations, fixes (DMS, Accounting, etc) -
DIRACX Release v0.1.0 (from 0.0.14)
* v0.4.1 (from v0.1.0)
* added pilot db and routers
* rss router
* + multiple minor fixes
1.2. Current Developments:
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The last Ddev meeting https://indico.cern.ch/event/1721787/
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Sprints (Natthan, Luisa, Stella, Loris, Heloise, Mazen)
*
1.2.1 IN2P3 contributions
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DMS/File Catalog porting (Andrei, Heloise )
* We have to restart after the summer
* concentrate on 9.1 and back port things as necessary -
diracx-cwl (Ryan)
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FiTS (Heloise)
* Access with tokens/certificates -
Deployment with K8s (Bertrand)
* Opensearch global prefixes
* SeeweedFS -
Others
* Moving to DIRAC9/DiracX of the EGI service
* CTAO will most likely go in production by January 2027- While keeping the DIRAC8 service in parallel
1.3. Services
1.3.1. EGI: The service itself is running smoothly
- Check-In Keycloak upgrade - changed token format (audience claim)
- requires changes in the DIRAC code and in the HTCondor sites configuration
- We have to see if it is compatible with IAM and changes can be generally accepted
1.3.2. IN2P3:
- Still only km3net.org configured, not heavily used
- mostly for the GreenDIGIT related studies
1.3.3. FITS DIRAC service (Heloise, Vanessa, Bertrand)
1.4. European/National Projects
1.4.1. GreenDIGIT (Mazen)
- Elsevier Paper
- Poster for the EGI Conference
1.4.2. PEPR STEEL (Andrei)
- Looking for prerequisites for opening recruitment
1.4.3. ENSURE TECH-01 call (Sorina):
- Kick-off meeting next week
- Presentation to be prepared
1.4.4. MesoClouds RI proposal, Numpex
- MesoCloud was enabled officially by the Ministry
1.4.5. Numpex discussion
- PEPR NUMPEX presentation at the JCAD
2. Projects
2.1. CTAO (Luisa, Natthan)
- First data to be treated by the DPS (DIRAC) with CWL described
jobs but the current transformation system. Will need custom CTAO
plug-ins. This is to be made ready by the January 2027.
2.2 Biomed (Sorina, Axel)
- Reduced activity in summer, will pro
2.3. Juno (Andrei)
- Ongoing production without major upgrades and problems
- File monitoring is very desirable
2.4 KM3NeT.org (Vanessa)
3. Conference, workshop, publications
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JCAD’26, Nantes, 5-7 October 2026
* DIRAC/GreenDIGIT poster -
EGI’26, Ghents, Sep 21-24 2026
* DIRAC/GreenDIGIT poster
* GreenDIGIT AHM
* ENSURE kick-off -
DIRAC User’s Workshop, Prague, FZU, 13-16 October 2026
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Discussing with CTAO the next DUW venue (most likely LUPM,Montpellier)
4. Consortium
Discussing CTAO membership
5. AOB
The next meeting date: 22 Octobre 14pm