GT 4.2.0 Migration Guide for C WS A&A


The following provides available information about migrating from previous versions of the Globus Toolkit.

1. Migrating host credentials from GT 4.0

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2. Migrating host credentials from GT3

The information from Section 3.1, “Host credentials” applies to migrating from GT3 as well.

3. Migrating host credentials from GT2

3.1. Host credentials

GT2 and GT3 services were set up to run with root owned host credentials. In GT4 most, but not all, services will run as the globus user. To allow the globus user to start services using host credentials the globus user needs to be able to access them. This requirement can be satisfied by making a copy of the root owned host credentials, i.e. the host certificate and private key, owned by the globus user. In GT4 this copy is assumed to be /etc/grid-security/container{cert,key}.pem.

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host certificate

An EEC belonging to a host. When using GSI this certificate is typically stored in /etc/grid-security/hostcert.pem. For more information on possible host certificate locations see the GSI C Developer's Guide.