GT4 WS AA Admin Guide

Introduction

This guide contains advanced configuration information for system administrators working with the Authorization Framework. It provides references to information on procedures typically performed by system administrators, including installing, configuring, deploying, and testing the installation.

[Important]Important

This information is in addition to the basic Globus Toolkit prerequisite, overview, installation, security configuration instructions in the Installing GT 4.1.3. Read through this guide before continuing!

This component determines the authorization enforced on the server and the client side. Admin configuration could include determining the container/service level authorization mechanism and setting up and managing authorization policy, e.g. entries in grid map file and so on.

The Configuring describes how to configure an authorization mechanism.