grid portal that i mean is web portal like gridsphere
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:33 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I have a question about grid portal and globus.
>> Do we have to install globus and get the host certificate for the host
>> that run the grid portal ?
>>
>> Can we just install grid portal to a host and proxy repository like
>> MyProxy at another host without installing Globus at host where we
>> install
>> grid portal ?
>
> Well, the term "grid portal" can mean many things, so I can't answer
> your questions in general. For discussion purposes, suppose a grid
> portal is a "science gateway" based on the "community account model."
> For more detail about this model, see this paper:
>
> http://wally.rit.edu/oajournals/index.php/gce/article/view/99/73
>
> The community account model supposes the gateway possesses a single
> "community credential" (i.e., users do not possess individual grid
> credentials). The gateway uses the community credential to request
> grid services on the users' behalf.
>
> The community credential can be stored in MyProxy, yes, but there is
> no requirement to do so. Indeed, if that's all you're going to use
> MyProxy for, then it's probably not worth the effort. It's sufficient
> to store the community credential in a secure file system.
>
> The full Globus Toolkit is not needed at the gateway. However, the
> portal is acting as a grid client so client software is needed. For
> instance, a java portal might use CoG jglobus to build out its
> infrastructure.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Tom
>
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