1Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG End of the Task Force for VO User Registration of LHC Experiment Users Grid Deployment Board

2Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Summary A GDB-mandated Task Force (TF) worked on:  adapting VOMRS (developed at FNAL) to the GDB-approved User Registration Requirements  Linking to the CERN HR database (ORGDB) for accessing Personal user data of LHC Experiment VO members  Maintaining and deploying voms-admin SOAP interface for use by VOMRS. This required a big development, coordination and testing effort.

3Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Why this is the end of the TF  VOMRS is used for VO Registration (no more the LDAP service on since Feb 24 th  The TF Mandate is accomplished, namely:  Users enter only Name/ /DateOfBirth or CERN badge.  They are valid VO candidates IF their data are successfully matched against their ORGDB entry.  No more Institute Representative (IR) approval is necessary.

4Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB What other changes were implemented by the TF  The VO Acceptance Use Policy (AUP) is displayed (not linked) for the VO candidate to read and sign.  All VO members are now prompted to, periodically, re- register with the VO in cases of:  One year passed since last registration,  Change of contract/experiment,  Change of the Grid or VO AUP.  The VO managers are able to “suspend” VO members when necessary.  Group/Role membership enabled only after Group/Role Owner/Manager's approval.

5Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Issues the TF handled  VOMRS extensions implemented.  ORGDB view linked to VOMRS.  ORGDB performance improved.  All VOM(R)S ported to Oracle.  Oracle connectivity optimised (OCI still pending).  Tomcat blockage solved.  Glite integration, testing and release procedures used.  Four workshops and regular check-point meetings to debug, install and plan the work:

6Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Key moments in the life of the TF (I)  March 2004: GDB gives the TF Mandate to the JSPG  The rest of 2004: Evaluation of ORGDB usage with advice from experts and Experiment secretariats. ORGDB view and VOMRS interface work.  2005: VOM(R)S port to Oracle. VOMS testing and integration in gLite release procedures.

7Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Key moments in the life of the TF (II)  Feb 24 th 2006: VOM(R)S in operation. New registrations only possible via VOMRS.  May 9 th 2006: VOM(R)S on new FIO-managed reliable hardware with master/slave switch using LinuxHA for the primary server lcg-voms.cern.ch.  Oct 16 th 2006: End of the VOMS-LDAP synchronisation service. Voms-proxy-init possible only for users, who properly registered in VOMRS.

8Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Key moments in the life of the TF (III)  Dec 11 th 2006: End of lcg-registrar.cern.ch and the LHC Vos' LDAP Grid job running possible only for users, who properly registered in VOMRS.  Dec 13 th 2006: Tomcat melt-down dictates a new architecture for the CERN servers. Since then:  voms.cern.ch is used for gridmap file generation only (requires voms-admin)  lcg-voms.cern.ch is used for user registration only (requires vomrs).

9Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB On-going issues and post-TF tasks GDB Advice needed!  Operations: Wrong/expired/incomplete ORGDB entries are a headache for VO managers, VOMRS supporters and the Experiment secretariats because t hey ARE show-stoppers for Grid usage.  Development/Deployment: There will be no more a framework for:  Regular developers' meetings.  Communication between the developers and the VO Managers.  Debugging with the VOM(R)S testers and service managers.  Clarifications between developers and gLite integrators.

10Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Credits  ORGDB view: Wim van Leersum  ORGDB/voms-admin: Karoly Lorentey  VOMRS: Tanya Levshina, John Weigand ( )  VOMS-ADMIN: Andrea Ceccanti  VOMS: Vincenzo Ciaschini, Valerio Venturi  Testing: Maria Alandes, Lanxin Ma  Valuable contributors: JSPG, VO Managers, CERN FIO, Exp. Secretariats, CERN Users' Office.

11Maria Dimou- cern-it-gd LCG Feb 2007 GDB Related documents  TF Mandate:  LHC Experiment users’ new Registration flow:  VOM(R)S new requirements: