Inquisitor (inQ) Tutorial

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Inquisitor (inQ) Tutorial
By Roman Olschanowsky roman2u_at_sdsc.edu
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inQ

• Windows OS only
• Download .exe from http//www.sdsc.edu/srb/index.p
  hp/InQ

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inQ Features

• Familiar Windows Explorer GUI
• Buttons
• Top Explorer like
• Side Common SRB operations
• Pull-downs
• Resource/container
• Graphical navigation
• Metadata-view
• Tree-view
• Content-view
• Plus/minus sign for permissions, metadata, sub
  collections
• Drag and drop

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inQ views
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inQ Notes

• Can store connection parameters
• Pay attention to default resource
• Upload limited files using up arrow
• Upload unlimited files using drag and drop
• Download via arrow or drag and drop
• Querying metadata, use AND to join small queries
  into a complex one
• Setting recursive permissions? Click check box
  first.

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inQ Step by Step

• Connect
• download inQ http//www.sdsc.edu/srb/inQ/inQ3.4.
  1.zip
• Enter in Connection Parameters
• Name ltusernamegt (du?)
• Host srb.sdsc.edu
• Domain npaci
• Port 7321
• Authorization ENCRYPT1
• Notice the Add New Connection button, click it
• Enter Password 2006SRBclass
• Connect
• Disconnect
• Reconnect

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inQ Step by Step

• 2. Explanations
• Where you are In your home directory
• Naming conventions
• Home dir /home/ltusernamegt.ltdomaingt
• Bullseye looking icon(s) Available SRB Zones
• The buttons
• Top bar explorer like
• Right bar SRB specific
• Click the box next to your home dir
• The smiley faces (nice feature) show the
  permissions for this object, and this object
  alone (object file or folder)
• srb_at_sdsc SRB admin account that made your
  account
• Select your defaultResource (upload resource)
• Use Resource Container Drop down, select
  sfs-tape-tgd

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inQ Step by Step

• 3. Download this power point
• Double click on Demo folder
• Double click on SRB-Tutorial folder
• Notice the metadata for this folder in the
  metadata-view
• Single Click on SRB-inQ.ppt
• Click on download button, select Desktop, OK
• Drag and Drop SRB-Scommands.ppt to Desktop
• You have just downloaded via inQs two download
  methods

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inQ Step by Step

• 4. The grid is all in the Details
• Double click on files-1 folder
• Click in content-view area to select it
• Now click on the Details button (top right)
• Notice the Resource column
• And the owner column
• Look at the permissions of each file (click box
  next to files) in the tree-view

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inQ Step by Step

• 5. Tell me about that picture, without viewing
  it
• Double click on cars folder
• Looks pretty normal
• Click on roman.jpg in the tree-view and notice
  the metadata-view
• Whats that M pyramid thing? This is metadata
  about this file.
• So, what kind of car do I drive?

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inQ Step by Step

• 6. Now find my car and get it
• Click the minus next to Demo folder
• Click the Query button ( Q on a pyramid )
• Enter Make Ford Click Add button
• Click OK
• Now in Saved Queries area with results
• Almost what we want (pretend there are thousands)
• Need to refine query
• Click the Query button again
• Enter Model Mustang Click Add button
• Click OK
• Double click roman.jpg in content-view

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inQ Step by Step

• 7. Lets store something
• Click the Jump Home button
• Click the Create Collection button (folder)
• Enter tutorial
• Click OK
• Double click on the tutorial folder
• Click Upload button
• Look in Desktop and select SRB-inQ.ppt
• Click Open
• From the Desktop, Drag and Drop
• SRB-Scommands.ppt

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inQ Step by Step

• Make a copy of SRB-Scommands.ppt to experiment
  with
• Click the Jump Home button
• From the Desktop, Drag and Drop
• SRB-Scommands.ppt

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inQ Step by Step

• 9. Giving away permissions
• Click on SRB-Scommands.ppt in your home directory
• Click the Access Control button (gold key)
• Click Add button
• Left window, select TGzone (the zone you want)
• Middle window, select sdsc
• Notice the right window, now full of users from
  SDSC
• This is an example of how you would select a
  user
• Middle window, select groups
• Notice the right window, now full of groups and
  domains
• Right window, select npaci
• Bottom menu, click on down arrow
• Bottom menu, select read
• Click OK
• You have just given everyone with a npaci domain
  (doubles as a group) read permission to your file

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inQ Step by Step

• 10. Make some user defined Metadata
• Click on SRB-Scommands.ppt in the tree-view
• Click the Create Metadata button
• Notice Attribute field waiting
• Type Student hit enter key
• Notice Value field waiting
• Type ltyour Namegt hit enter key

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inQ Step by Step

• 11. Trash it
• Click on SRB-overview.ppt in content-view
• Click the Delete button (trash can)

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inQ Step by Step

• 12. Who in the hell makes this stuff?
• Top Menu bar, select Help
• Then select About inQ
• Thanks!
• Questions?
• www.sdsc.edu/srb
• srb_at_sdsc.edu