UPS, UPD and UPP v4 Documentation

Getting Started

Quick! I just want to install something!

• Make sure your node is registered for product download from KITS
• Go to the UPS product download website (KITS)
• Install a Product from KITS; UPS/UPD Exists on Target Machine
• Install a Product from KITS; No UPS/UPD on Target Machine
• Install UPS/UPD temporarily in order to install another product

Did you know that UPS/UPD comes installed on the Fermi RedHat Linux distribution?

On KITS, a flavor of NULL means the product instance is not OS-specific.

ALL users new to UPS/UPD should glance at:

• Overview of UPS, UPD and UPP
• How to list locally-installed products
• How to setup locally-installed products
• How to list products on KITS
• Other basic operations
• UPS/UPD Command Usage and Syntax

End Users, reference as necessary:

• UPS and UPD Command Reference
• Command Option Descriptions

Product Installers:

• Make sure your node is registered for product download from KITS
• Typically, UPS products get installed using UPD
• but be aware of all the possible installation methods
• There's a chapter on Troubleshooting UPS Product Installations in case something goes wrong.
• If you're going to do anything fancy, browse the Product Installer's Guide contents first!

UPS administrators of a user installation:

• A UPS database is set up, and you just have to maintain it
• How to prepare to install UPS/UPD on a multi-user node
• How to install UPS/UPD from scratch
• How to provide access to products in AFS space
• More questions? See the System Administrator's Guide
• and the Administrator's Reference

Did you know that UPS/UPD comes installed on the Fermi RedHat Linux distribution?

UPS product developers:

• No shortcuts for you! Browse the contents of Product Developer's Guide to get started
• Also use the Developer's Reference as necessary

Administrators of UPS product distribution systems:

• To configure a node for UPS product distribution, see Product Distribution Server Configuration .
• Description of the KITS node configuration
• You'll also need the Administrator's Reference