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In order to get access to computel and storage resources on the grid, you must have a valid grid client certificate. This certificate is used instead of a regular password as the authentication mechanism when accessing the resource. There is no need for a special account/username, everything is resolved through the unique certificate id.
 
In order to get access to computel and storage resources on the grid, you must have a valid grid client certificate. This certificate is used instead of a regular password as the authentication mechanism when accessing the resource. There is no need for a special account/username, everything is resolved through the unique certificate id.
 
==Getting a certificate==
 
 
For details: [http://ca.nordugrid.org http://ca.nordugrid.org]
 
 
For many details: [http://www.nordugrid.org/documents/certificate_howto.html http://www.nordugrid.org/documents/certificate_howto.html]
 
 
Another description: [http://www.nsc.liu.se/systems/storage.html#Getting%20a%20Grid%20Certificate http://www.nsc.liu.se/systems/storage.html#Getting%20a%20Grid%20Certificate]
 

Revision as of 14:57, 27 October 2011

Certificates

Introduction

In order to get access to computel and storage resources on the grid, you must have a valid grid client certificate. This certificate is used instead of a regular password as the authentication mechanism when accessing the resource. There is no need for a special account/username, everything is resolved through the unique certificate id.