GSI support in the cloud scheduler allows a user to authenticate using his/her grid certificate when submitting a job to the cloud scheduler. The cloud scheduler will then use these credentials for authenticating the Nimbus workspace creation and workspace deletion.

Requirements:

• A working CA is required to sign the dummy VM host certificate.
• A working Globus Toolkit is required on the host running the cloud scheduler.
• The user requires a valid grid certificate (x509)

Install NEP-52 root CA package

$ wget https://wiki.heprc.uvic.ca/twiki/pub/Restricted/CsGsiSupport/globus_simple_ca_ebd3459c_setup-0.20.tar.gz
$ gpt-build ./globus_simple_ca_ebd3459c_setup-0.20.tar.gz <flavor>
# gpt-postinstall
# $GLOBUS_LOCATION/setup/globus_simple_ca_ebd3459c_setup/setup-gsi

Request dummy host certificate for VM instances

$ mkdir VM-host-cert
$ cd VM-host-cert
$ grid-cert-request -dir . -host NEP-52_VM_instance -ca

TODO: Finish this documentation... (Andre) -- AndreCharbonneau - 2010-08-30