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GGUS:VOMS Interface FAQ

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FAQ for the Interface between GGUS and VOMS

Purpose

This document describes the VOMS–GGUS interface. The VOMS–GGUS interface is used for synchronizing the GGUS user database with the CERN VOMS server. In CERN VOMS server the alarm and team permissions for the LHC VOs are kept.

Tools, Applications, Systems

The VOMS–GGUS interface is based on scripts which retrieve the data from VOMS server using an API call. The scripts which are involved are:

  • voms2list.pl
  • voms_sync.php
  • Syncr.php
  • DB.php

They are located on machine “mail.ggus.eu” in directory /usr/local/bin Both scripts are executed every night via cron.

  • fetch_voms.sh is stored as cronjob under /etc/cron.daily/fetch_voms

Workflow

Retrieving data from VOMS server

The script voms2list.pl retrieves daily the data about VOMS membership of the groups/roles team and alarm.

Updating GGUS user database

The script voms_sync.php establishes a connection to the GGUS database and starts the VOMS synchronization through the Syncr.php script. The first step of the synchronization process is to delete all old alarm and team roles stored in the database. Then the script reads the content of each .csv files and updates the user accounts according to the latest VOMS version. If the user has already an account in the database only the new role will be assigned to him (his user account is not affected by the synchronization), otherwise a new account will be created together with the given role. Attributes covered by the synchronization process are

  • VOMS role (team, alarm)
  • Certificate DN
  • Email
  • User name

What happens if the nightly voms-ggus sync fails?

When the procedure fails new roles/users will be not updated/added - but no user account will be deleted, only previous roles. With the next proper execution of the synchronisation procedure the data will be up-to-date again.

What if I have questions which are not dealt with by this FAQ?

Open a GGUS ticket

indicating that it should be directed at the GGUS team.

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