How to Get Grid Certificates and register to CMS VO

Purdue CMS Tier-2 uses the DOEgrids certificate authority to obtain certificates (or user certificate or x.509 certificate).

 

Requesting a new grid certificate 

The whole process for obtaining the certificate is described at certificate procedure . As mentioned in the link, you shall not remove your browser, reinstall your computer or replace your computer after you applied the grid certificate. Otherwise, you have to stop the current application or get rid of the currrent grid certificate and re-apply.

The form to request a new grid certificate is at DOEgrids site: http://pki1.doegrids.org.

In the form, you need to fill your personal information. In addition, please set the following:

Affiliation: OSG
VO Name for OSG:  CMS
Name of Sponsor: Fengping Hu
Sponsor's Email: fhu@purdue.edu
Sponsor's Phone Number: (765) 49-40032 

The sponsor's information is also presented at USCMS certificate team. After you applied the grid certificate, please present your request's serial number to Fengping Hu (fhu@purdue.edu) .

 

 

CMS VO Registration 

After you get the certificate, please refer here to import the certificate to your browser. Then you can go to CMS VOMRS. to register to CMS VO. Usually, you just register as a cmsuser. This process may take longer time than you expect. If you don't want to get a CERN computer account, please comment it in the application, it may expedite the process.