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Getting Started

Doc Structure
A Globus Primer
Globus Is Modular!
Quickstart
Installing GT
Platform Notes
GT Developer's Guide
GT User's Guide (coming soon)
Migrating from GT2
Migrating from GT3

Reference

Best Practices
Coding Guidelines
API docs
Public Interfaces (coming soon)
Resource Properties
Samples
Glossary
Performance Studies (coming soon)

Manuals

Common Runtime

Java WS Core
C WS Core
Python WS Core
XIO
CoG jGlobus
pyGlobus

Security

Non-WS (General) Security
WS Java Security
Message-level
Authz Framework
CAS
Delegation Service
MyProxy
GSI-OpenSSH
SimpleCA
SGAS

Data Mgt

RFT
GridFTP
RLS
WS RLS
OGSA-DAI
DRS

MDS4

Aggregator Framework
Index Service
Trigger Service
Archive Service
WebMDS
UsefulRP
Info Providers

Execution Mgt

GRAM4
GridWay
GTCP
CSF
GRAM2 (legacy)

Installing GT 4.1.3

Introduction

This guide is the starting point for everyone who wants to install Globus Toolkit 4.1.3. It will take you through a basic installation that installs Java WS Core and the following Base Services: a security infrastructure (GSI), GridFTP, Execution Services (GRAM), and Information Services (MDS4).

This guide is also available as a PDF. However, each component includes online reference material, which this guide sometimes links to.