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How to get an ALICE VO signed NorduGrid certificate

These steps works only for Linux. If you need to run this on windows please let me know. If you have any other problems also feel free to contact me.

Step 1: Getting a NorduGrid certificate

You need to do the following steps:

Go to the NorduGrid web page stable downloads here
Select your Linux version - typically SUSE 10.0 i586 here in Lund.
Click on "Standalone client package" and save the tar-file in your favorite directory.
Unpack the tar file with the command:
```
tar -xvzf nordugrid-arc-standalone-0.6.0-1.i586.tgz
```
Now you can remove the downloaded file and move the extracted directory nordugrid-arc-standalone-0.6.0 if you want.
Now you have to generate your certificate request. Assuming that you use tcsh or csh (if you use bash shell do source ./setup.sh instead) do:
```
cd nordugrid-arc-standalone-0.6.0
source ./setup.csh
grid-cert-request -int
```
Follow the instructions. Your grid organization should be: Grid (default) - NorduGrid (default) - hep.lu.se. The grid certificate and request will be stored in the directory: ~/.globus. It is called usercert_request.pem. Check that your information is correct. An example:
```
/O=Grid/O=NorduGrid/OU=hep.lu.se/CN=Peter Christiansen/emailAddress=not shown
```
If you have made a mistake you can correct it by rerunning the grid-cert-request program, as described above, with the options:
```
grid-cert-request -force -int
```
When the information is correct copy the request file text into an email and send it to one of the persons on this web page, e.g., the Lunarc responsible: Jonas Lindemann.

Step 2: Get your certificate signed by the ALICE VO

When you receive your NorduGrid certificate after 5-10 days, you have to follow the instructions here to get it signed by the ALICE Virtual Organization (VO). This also takes a few days. Then you are ready to use log on to AliEn!

Last modified: September 06 2007.