User Certificate Application Guide Mason Hsiung

Visit start to request your user certificatehttp://ca.grid.sinica.edu.tw

Have a look at the requesting flow

Read the Certificate Policy and Certificate Practice Statement

Fill the ASGCCA User Application Form

RA Signs Here You can decide to join EUAsia VO here.

Interview with a local Registration Authority(RA) – RA will verify your identity and sign on the application form. – If you have problem on finding a local RA, please contact us directly.

Fax this signed application form by either RA or yourself. – Then send a to after the

Start to request the certificate – Create the Certificate Signing Request(CSR)

Fill this form to send the Certificate Signing Request

Next, ASGCCA will send a confirmation to your address.

Confirm your application by clicking this URL.

Once your user certificate is issued, you will receive an to tell you how to import the issued certificate.

Export your user certificate.

Export your user certificate from Firefox. – Open ‘Preferences’ -> ‘Advanced’ -> ‘Encryption’

Export your user certificate from Firefox. – Your Certificates -> Backup

Export your user certificate from Firefox. – Select the backup location.

Export your user certificate from Firefox. – Set the certificate backup password

Convert your user certificate for the use of GRID

Extract the ‘usercert.pem’ and ‘userkey.pem’ from certificate backup using ‘openssl’ – Open the terminal $ cd ~/.globus $ openssl pkcs12 -in xxxx.pfx(p12) -clcerts -nokeys -out usercert.pem $ openssl pkcs12 -in xxxx.pfx(p12) -nocerts -out userkey.pem $ chmod 644 usercert.pem $ chmod 400 userkey.pem Certificate backup password The password for protecting private key

Join EUAsia VO, please visit – Click Registration (Phase 1) and fill the form of registration.

Confirm the address and finish registration – You will receive a confirmation .

Clicking the link in the will bring you to the Registration (Phase II) Read, agree and click to register

Registration (Phase II) DONE, waiting for the approval of the VO administrator via .

The of the approval notification, you are now the member of EUAsia VO.

The membership of EUAsia VO.