1. EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks Next steps with EGEE EGEE training community This file is a basis for a talk to be given in an induction course. It requires additional information to be added, information that is specific to a location.

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 2 Outline Continuing with GILDA Joining a production VO Optional: Local VOs Proposing a new VO Support: communities, documents, manuals, mailing lists, etc.

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 3 Remember To be authorized to use EGEE and do useful work with it (e.g. submit jobs, transfer files, collaborate) you have to belong to a Virtual Organization (VO) To join a VO you must first obtain a Grid certificate After the course: –You can get a certificate from GILDA CA and join GILDA VO: to gain more experience with EGEE technology (process takes ~2 days) –You can get a certificate from an EGEE CA and join a production VO: to participate in national or international collaborations ~ one week –You can propose and establish a new VO ~ few months of coordinated effort across sites

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 4 Getting your GILDA certificate: https://gilda.ct.infn.it/CA

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 5 Joining the GILDA VO: https://voms.ct.infn.it:8443/voms/gilda/

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 6 Using GILDA Login to the official (or the backup) GILDA UI: –glite-tutor.ct.infn.it (and glite-tutor2.ct.infn.it) –SSH is firewalled  Send a ticket to GILDA admins to enable SSH for your IP: http://gilda-support.ct.infn.it/http://gilda-support.ct.infn.it/ Install your own UI: –User interface “Plug & Play” – no root privileges needed: https://gilda.ct.infn.it/UIPnP.html https://gilda.ct.infn.it/UIPnP.html –User interface in VMWare – one of GILDA Virtual Services: https://gilda.ct.infn.it/VirtualServices.html https://gilda.ct.infn.it/VirtualServices.html Open a web browser and access GILDA through –gLite Tutor: https://glite-tutor.ct.infn.ithttps://glite-tutor.ct.infn.it –P-GRADE Portal: http://portal.p-grade.hu/gildahttp://portal.p-grade.hu/gilda

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 7 Getting access to a production VO Getting your EGEE certificate: –List of CAs recognized by EGEE sites: http://www.eugridpma.org/members/worldmap/ Find the CA nearest to you and request a user certificate http://www.eugridpma.org/members/worldmap/ –User certificates are valid typically for 1 year Finding and Joining a VO: –Begin with a local VO – next slide –Or else the NA4 activity portal http://egeena4.lal.in2p3.fr/ http://egeena4.lal.in2p3.fr/

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 8 Introduce the registration policies of local VOs List any local Registration authorities for national CAs

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 9 Proposing a new VO http://egeena4.lal.in2p3.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi ew&id=50&Itemid=54http://egeena4.lal.in2p3.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi ew&id=50&Itemid=54 …. A big URL for a big procedure…. To begin with: register the VO with EGEE get access to resources (voms, CE, storage, lfc, rb) –NOTE: VOs bring these to the EGEE infrastructure!!! have those sites be configured –Supported by Regional Operations Centres

10. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 10 Where to look for additional help User Information Group: http://egee-uig.web.cern.ch/egee-uig/index.html http://egee-uig.web.cern.ch/egee-uig/index.html EGEE Library: http://egee.lib.ed.ac.uk http://egee.lib.ed.ac.uk NA3 Editorial Task Force: http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA3ETF/ http://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/NA3ETF/ GILDA Repository of Training Material: https://grid.ct.infn.it/twiki/bin/view/GILDA/WebHome https://grid.ct.infn.it/twiki/bin/view/GILDA/WebHome GGUS https://gus.fzk.de/pages/home.phphttps://gus.fzk.de/pages/home.php Operations portal (SA1) https://cic.gridops.org/ https://cic.gridops.org/ User and Application portal (NA4) http://egeena4.lal.in2p3.fr/ http://egeena4.lal.in2p3.fr/ Further training events http://egee.nesc.ac.ukhttp://egee.nesc.ac.uk

11. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 11 Additional local help: Optional- include or delete as appropriate Are there any local registration authorities? Local federation’s sites Any other local information, contacts, (people) networks??