Installation

Requirements

Python: 3.8 or higher Database backend: SQLite or MySQL/MariaDB

  • SQLite: sqlite3 3.7.0

  • MySQL/MariaDB: MySQL 8 or higher; or MariaDB 10 or higher

Install Harvester

Harvester can be installed with or without root privilege

Setup virtual environment

$ cd your_installation_directory
$ python3 -m venv harvester
$ cd harvester
$ . bin/activate

Install Harvester package

# upgrade pip
$ pip install pip --upgrade

# install Harvester
$ pip install git+https://github.com/HSF/harvester.git

# upgrade pip
$ pip install pip --upgrade

# install Harvester
$ pip install git+https://github.com/HSF/harvester.git
# for ATLAS GRID instance, install with this instead
# (deprecated)
$ pip install git+https://github.com/HSF/harvester#egg=pandaharvester[atlasgrid]
# new syntax
$ pip install pandaharvester[atlasgrid]@git+https://github.com/HSF/harvester

# copy sample setup and config files
$ mv etc/sysconfig/panda_harvester.rpmnew.template  etc/sysconfig/panda_harvester
$ mv etc/panda/panda_common.cfg.rpmnew etc/panda/panda_common.cfg
$ mv etc/panda/panda_harvester.cfg.rpmnew.template etc/panda/panda_harvester.cfg

Upgrade Harvester package (if Harvester is already installed)

$ cd your_installation_directory/harvester
$ . bin/activate
# Upgrade all dependencies
$ pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/HSF/harvester.git
# Upgrade harvester package only
$ pip install --no-deps --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/HSF/harvester.git