1. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 1Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD VO Registration procedure https://edms.cern.ch/document/503245 Presented by P. Girard at the Operational support issues session EGEE Conference Athens 2005-04-20

2. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 2Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD What we want to achieve List the necessary steps a new Virtual Organisation (VO) should take in order to be registered, configured and integrated in the LCG2/EGEE infrastructure

3. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 3Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD What the document does Not cover  The VO Security Policy, now in http://edms.cern.ch/document/573348http://edms.cern.ch/document/573348 which defines the mandatory VO information including the VO Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).  The VO membership rights & responsibilities e.g. :  Periodic expiration  Possible suspection  Personal data protection covered in http://edms.cern.ch/document/428034http://edms.cern.ch/document/428034  The complete VO life-cycle including the VO wrap-up

4. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 4Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD What the document contains  The steps of the VO Registration Procedure, namely:  Recommendations on a functional VO name.  The designated EGEE bodies involved in VO Acceptance.  The technical options of the VO:  Set-up  Population  Integration with the other Grid services  The Requirements for a VO support structure.  The procedure for a light-weight VO Registration.

5. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 5Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD Imporant Registration steps  On the VO Approval process:  EGEE Generic Applications Advisory Panel (EGAAP) identifies new candidate VOs and recommends them to:  NA4/SA1, which evaluates them and assists with resources negotiation via the:  ROCs, which are responsible for getting the new VO accepted by as many sites as possible.  On the technical set-up:  Registration database location  VO database location and technology (VOMS/LDAP)  Propagation of Authorisation data to the service nodes (grid-map/LCMAPS)

6. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 6Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD VO support structure  Name a VO support manager, responsible to:  create a VO support structure and connect it to the global EGEE support structure.  act as an interface to the central EGEE Support Task Force and its tools, under Global Grid User Support http://ggus.org http://ggus.org  help running a local support system, if desirable, connected to GGUS.

7. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 7Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD Light-weight VO Procedure (Slide I by C.Loomis NA4/SA1 2004-12-09) 1)New VO approved (EGAAP...) Name of VO VO manager identified 2)NA4/SA1 Leaders Forward info to NIKHEF, RAL, LAL system administrators. Forward info to registration web page maintainer. 3)Services Deployed NIKHEF deploys VO LDAP and RLS for VO. NIKHEF/RAL/LAL open RB/CE/SE to VO (limited level). 4)Migrate Once permanent hosts are found, migrate VO LDAP & RLS.

8. last update 22/02/2016 12:54 LCG 8Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd Maria Dimou IT/GD Light-weight VO Procedure (Slide II by C.Loomis NA4/SA1 2004-12-09)  Intended to augment the proposed procedure.  Access to production service in (order of) a day.  decouples resource discussion from user access  uses temporary, pre-approved resources to avoid lengthy setup