Pelican Releases

Highlights

Congratulations to @patrickbrophy for his first contribution to Pelican!

For Users

• [Client] Clients can now read the PELICAN_NEAREST_CACHE environment variable for determining which cache to use #1234
  
• [Client] Clients can now list a collection of objects and get statistics of an object #1393 #1400
  
• [Plugin] The plugin now advertises the ability to move pelican:// objects #1265
  
• [Client] Additional error handling has been introduced that helps users build custom clients on top of the Pelican golang libraries #1263
  
• [Client] Clients can now send a timeout value in their object requests, indicating to Pelican services the maximum time the client is willing to wait for requests #1299
  
• [Cache/Client] Caches now report to clients whether the data they returned came from the disk on the cache or from the origin #1301
  
• [All] Pelican now warns users about unrecognized configuration input #1325
  

For Admins

• [Cache] Caches no longer shutdown on startup if advertisements fail, allowing admins to fix registrations #1244
  
• [Director/Cache] The director can now filter caches marked as down in Topology #1260
  
• [Origin] Pelican can now create "XRoot" backends for adding xroot-only protocol servers to the federation #1285
  
• [Origin] HTTP backend export information has been added to Origin webpages #1291
  
• [Origin] Origins can now export Globus collections as one of their backends #1336
  
• [Director] The Director only responds to object requests with up to six Origin/Cache candidates #1304
  
• [All] Pelican images are now built on top of EL9 from the OSG23 repositories #1288
  
• [All] Servers now have a more permissive 5s timeout when checking for the existence of required remote resources #1328
  
• [Director] The Director now checks object availability among Origins for object requests sent to Origins #1283
  
• [All] Pelican now supports layered configuration through the specification of extra config directories in the root config using the ConfigLocations key #1313
  

Full Changelog: https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/compare/v7.8.0...v7.9.0

Highlights

For Users

• [Client] Stopped file transfers are now retryable errors #1101
  
• [Client] General improvements to error messages within the client and the plugin, ensuring more accurate errors and removing redundancies
  
• [Client] The client can bypass the cache and download directly from the origin if a directread query parameter is set #1166
  

For Admins

• [Documentation] Added documentation on how to get the public key of a running origin #1078
  
• [Documentation] Added documentation on how to run pelican servers via docker containers #1089
  
• [Origin] Pelican origin token creation now respects the issuer flag #1135
  
• [Cache] Cache UI will now redirect to a login page for an unauthorized user #1103
  
• [Origin/Cache] Improved “site name” handling #1176
  
• [Director] Director JWKS cache no longer becomes invalid when the registry goes down #1119
  
• [Director] Added a prometheus metric keep track of the total number of advertisements to the director #1133
  
• [Director] Enable director login via OAuth #1150
  
• [Cache] Allow the cache xrootd to have multiple data/meta mount locations #1191
  
• [Director/Registry/Origin/Cache[ Read environment variables with PELICAN prefix for Pelican binaries with alias (stashcp and osdf) and deprecate alias-specific prefixes #1162
  

Highlights

For Users

• [Plugin] stash-plugin now supports recursive uploads and downloads #1011
  

For Admins

• [General] Fixed administrator authentication check failure for all servers #1013
  
• [Documentation] Major revisions to the documentation with new documentation for serving a cache #1028 #904 #912
  
• [General] Globus was added as the second supported OAuth provider #963
  
• [General] Formatted discovery and federation endpoints to be standard https URLs #974
  
• [Origin/Cache] Pelican Origin and Cache now support OAuth authentication for the admin website #963
  
• [Origin] Origins that export S3 can now export multiple buckets with unique access/secret keys #1045
  
• [Origin] Origin now can check a sentinel file for the mounted POSIX storage #1003
  
• [Origin] Origins now support HTTPS servers as a storage backend #958
  
• [Cache] Admin website is now available for the Cache #1039
  
• [Cache] New Prometheus metric to monitor cache access statistics #1007
  
• [Director] Director admin can now disable traffic to cache and origin servers #933
  
• [Director] HEAD request is now supported when the client request a file from the federation #1000
  

What's Changed

• Upgrade golangci GHA version and turn off caching by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/935
  
• Fix log color loss and LogLocation not working by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/939
  
• Fix pelican plugin bug no valid classads... by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/942
  
• Embed serve as default command to run the server container by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/947
  
• Improve installation docs and include running Pelican server with docker image by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/904
  
• Update documentation to serve an origin by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/912
  
• Correct the key for docker doc page by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/955
  
• Moved failing macos tests into a linux only test file so as to stop c… by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/959
  
• Remove generate package when releasing by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/937
  
• Create tmp cinfo file for cache self test under the same folder as the final file by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/952
  
• Updating GitHub Actions to deal with size issues by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/950
  
• Fix bug with version being "dev" by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/962
  
• API support for registry admin to delete a namespace registration by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/915
  
• Allow RSA key for TLS by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/965
  
• Revert changes that remove generate package by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/967
  
• Airplane mode by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/926
  
• Update Pre Release by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/982
  
• Consolidate two namespaceExists DB function by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/924
  
• Allow admin to configure filtering servers for redirecting traffic at the director by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/933
  
• Director based cache health tests by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/960
  
• Import parameters.json into website by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/972
  
• Fix director default response and add HEAD as allowed verb by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1000
  
• Pelican client advertises timeout to cache by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1002
  
• Overhauling discovery endpoint by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/974
  
• Unit test for statHttp within Pelican Client by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/890
  
• Redirect logging location reminder to stderr by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/989
  
• Fix bug where project name not set in user-agent by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/977
  
• Authenticated self-tests for cache by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/978
  
• More verbose error message at director registration failure by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/992
  
• Bump github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2 from 2.0.20 to 2.0.21 by @dependabot in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1014
  
• Periodic cleanup of origin test files by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/987
  
• Bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.31.0 to 1.33.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1015
  
• Output pelican config to stderr at server start by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/994
  
• More detailed error message at WaitUntilWorking not working by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1016
  
• Update Prometheus doc to introduce counting server number by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1009
  
• Cache hit/miss bytes Prometheus metric by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1007
  
• Fix invalid error message type as server response by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1023
  
• Pin external c++ dependencies at a specific commit by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1022
  
• Add LotMan configuration to the cache by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/889
  
• getNamespaceByPrefix now checks topology for namespace existence by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1021
  
• List namespace topology through UI by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1031
  
• Remove Testing Code by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1036
  
• Create serving_a_cache.mdx by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1028
  
• Add server urls to error messages for WaitUntilWorking by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1034
  
• Print pelican version at server startup to stderr by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1027
  
• Remove use of global fed metadata within client by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/878
  
• Add the option for a sentinel file for the origin by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1003
  
• Do not log "director test timeout" warning if director can't be reached out by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/991
  
• Improved plugin error messaging by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/999
  
• Add "login required" endpoints behind "admin" check and fix bug in admin auth handler by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1013
  
• Fixes to pelican plugin staging by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/882
  
• Allow configurable cache watermarks by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/973
  
• Add Cache Webpage by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1039
  
• Add support for director/federation contact info as a configuration by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1012
  
• Protocol version added to plugin -classad output by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1051
  
• Fix error responses for local cache by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1041
  
• Removed the setting of an AuthURL for Pelican serverAds by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1043
  
• Refactor registry namespace check to be compatible with OSDF topology by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1038
  
• More error tolerant web ui check by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1040
  
• Add support for custom xrootd config file by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/968
  
• Config fixups by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1057
  
• Add topology timeout by @turetske in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1058
  
• Plug S3 plugin changes into multi-export S3 origins by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1045
  
• Bump the revision of xrdcl-pelican for libcurl testing by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1065
  
• Correctly return the transfer attempt information by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1063
  
• Update Director by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1068
  
• Move default S3 url style from defaults.yaml to config.go by @jhiemstrawisc in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1070
  
• Update Origin UI to use API for the new Origin.Exports scheme by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1042
  
• Allow recursive uploads/downloads in plugin by @joereuss12 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1011
  
• Make the local cache location unique for each test run by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1066
  
• Enabling OAuth for the origin and cache, adding support for Globus as another auth server by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/963
  
• Update login UI by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1030
  
• Only push the production container when the release was cut by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1077
  
• Cache Updates by @CannonLock in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1083
  
• Fix broken URLs of namespaces from the topology at the director by @haoming29 in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/1071
  
• Add support for HTTP backend by @bbockelm in https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/pull/958
  

Full Changelog: https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/compare/v7.6.5...v7.7.0