Extramural Certificate Process

There are two certificates--one host certificate and one client certificate. They are created using the following commands:

$GLOBUS_LOCATION/bin/grid-cert-request -host `hostname`
$GLOBUS_LOCATION/bin/grid-cert-request

** In the first command you can see why uniquely identifiable domain names are required for each server (-host ‘hostname’).

Each of these commands creates two files--one private key and one public key. Of course, the private key remains on the server.

The public keys are emailed to cert-request@healthgrid.us. The HealthGrid folks (actually, we are working directly with one person) sign the keys then send the certificates back so that we may begin using the grid services.