= Quattor Toolkit FAQ =
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== Getting started ==

=== Which operating systems are supported? ===
Quattor supports RPM-based Linux flavors such as specified in the following table:

||  '''Operating System''' || '''Version''' || '''Architecture''' || '''Status''' ||
|| Red Hat Enterprise Server, Scientific Linux, CentOs || 4 || i386, x86_64 || fully supported ||
|| Red Hat Enterprise Server, Scientific Linux, CentOS || 5 || i386, x86_64 || fully supported ||

Please note that RHES and SL(C) version 3 are no longer supoprted.

=== How can I learn about installing and using quattor? ===
Links to documentation/tutorials are available via the [wiki:Web/UsefulLinks Quattor at a Glance] page on this wiki.

=== From where can I download/install/configure quattor? ===
The best starting point for a new site is the QWG templates described [/wiki/Doc here]. The QWG templates provide a complete solution for configuration and installation of a Quattor site. (You could think of it as analagous to a distribution in the Linux world in that it packages up the core software along with useful tools and documentation needed to get the system up and running.)


== Using Quattor ==
=== How can I work out dependencies between templates? ===
The pan compiler (v8+) provides logging features that can show the include path for templates. You can find more information in the [wiki:Doc/compiler/results#UsingLoggingInformation panc logging documentation].

== Grid configuration ==

=== How can I install my EGI site with Quattor? ===
Check the [wiki:Doc Documentation] on this site.  It contains documentation for a collection of standard templates (called QWG templates) that can be used to install and configure a complete gLite site from scratch.


== Miscellaneous ==
=== Under what license is Quattor available? ===
Quattor is freely available under the terms of the [http://eu-datagrid.web.cern.ch/eu-datagrid/license.html Open Source EU Data Grid software license] and [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License v2] (terms are very similar but for historical reasons Quattor toolkit uses a combination of both, depending on the components).

=== What does quattor stand for? ===

Quattor stands for 'QUattor is an Administration Toolkit To Optimize Resources'. This is a recursive acronym (like GNU: GNU is Not UNIX).