DFOS installation: 2. Initial tool set

5. install and use dfosInstall

The next infrastructure tool is dfosInstall which supports in the installation process.

• point your browser to <$DFO_MON_DIR>/dfosExplorer.html (use the expanded version of $DFO_MON_DIR)
• click on the red button for dfosInstall ("not installed")
• this will download the tar file; you will need to install dfosInstall by yourself, following the instructions given
• now refresh dfosExplorer again; if all went well, it will now display "dfosInstall found"
• read the documentation
• open the config file and check its content
• type dfosInstall -v | -h to see if all works fine
• the final check is a self-installation of dfosInstall:
  type 'dfosInstall -t dfosInstall' on the command line
  try both the F(ull) and the U(pgrade) mode; in this particular case there is no difference

Now you are ready to implement any new tool using the dfosExplorer GUI. You have always the option to use 'dfosInstall -t <tool_name>' instead.

6. install more infrastructure tools

• You are now ready to install all the infrastructure tools under section 1 of the dfosExplorer.
• the ngasMonitor is another GUI tool and is called by dfosCron.
• getStatusAB is not yet useful for you since there are no ABs.

7. install the 'PRE' (= preparation or pre-processing) workflow tools

• These tools provide all DFOS download functionalities.
• dataclient, fitsreport: these are tools coming as executable binaries (provided by DFS). They are used at various steps in the workflow.
• createReport, createNightLog, filterRaw: these are QC-maintained dfos tools.
• fitsreport has a configuration file which requires heavy editing. The best way of filling it is using headers downloaded with dataclient.
  

Once you have successfuly downloaded header and fits files using these tools, you are ready to think about association, calibration cascade and match keys. These items are covered by the 'PROC' part of the daily workflow.