FAQ

Log on to harpo.wustl.edu and execute the grid-cert-request command. This command should be in the default path provided by the system. The grid-cert-request command will prompt you to enter a Globus pass phrase; make this a good, secure one and remember it well. The command will then create a key file .globus/userkey.pem and a certificate request file .globus/usercert_request.pem. The certifcate request file should be emailed to ca@globus.org. In the message be sure to place an email signature so that the Globus CA can recognize the source of the request. Also, the file should be mailed from your usual email machine, i.e., one at which you can receive the response. Thus you may need to scp or ftp the request file off of harpo. The Globus CA will email your Globus Certificate within two working days. When the response comes, save the email to a file "usercert.pem" and store this alongside the userkey.pem in the .globus directory on harpo.

Log on to harpo.wustl.edu and execute the myproxy-init command. This command should be in your default path, and the environment variable   MYPROXY_SERVER   should be already set to myproxy.ascportal.org . This ensures that the ASC organizational server will be used. The myproxy-init command will prompt you for your Globus (or Alliance) pass phrase. After entering this, it will prompt you for a separate pass phrase to protect the proxy that will be loaded onto myproxy.ascportal.org.

The full online instructions for obtaining an Alliance Certificate are located on the Alliance Virtual Machine Room   pages. In short, one gets started by logging on to an Alliance resource such as modi4.ncsa.uiuc.edu (front end to the NCSA O2000 system) or ll03.alliance.unm.edu (login node for the Los Lobos Linux Supercluster) and run the ncsa-cert-request command. The ncsa-cert-request command is an Alliance specific command that replaces the standard Globus command grid-cert-request on Alliance resources. The output generated from running ncsa-cert-request gives instructions on how to complete the certificate application process.

Please don't forget your certificate password.

Portal proxies lead a fairly transient existence; if you've forgotten the passphrase that protects a portal proxy the simplest course is to use the myproxy client command myproxy-destroy to remove the present one from the server and then load a fresh proxy with a new passphrase onto myproxy.ascportal.org via myproxy-init . In the present version of Myproxy, you will need to have already obtained an Alliance/Globus credential on the client machine via grid-proxy-init before running the myproxy-destroy command.