Slides presented at the D4Science VRE Management Training Event which took place on 30/04/2009 in Rome, Italy. More information: http://www.d4science.eu/node/213

1. Training Event
30 April 2009
Rome (Italy)
Part I – User and Role Management
Pedro Andrade
pedro.andrade@cern.ch
CERN
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2. Outline
Infrastructure Users
Infrastructure Access
User Registration
User Management
This session include
Infrastructure Roles several demos.
Roles Management All demos are
based on the
Production
Practical Exercise Infrastructure Portal.
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3. Infrastructure Users
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4. Infrastructure Access
ny member of the Project:
People from all activities of the project
This includes NA5 people from user communities
Access the infrastructure with the project LDAP Account
ther members from User Communities:
People from the users communities
Not directly working in any project activity
Access the infrastructure using a special Portal Account
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5. User Registration – Project Member
ll members of the project should be registered in LDAP.
f not, accounts can be created by writing to:
support@d4science.research-infrastructures.eu
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6. User Registration – UC Member
xecuted using the “User Registration” interface and by mail.
ain steps are:
1. User fills in the registration form
2. VRE Manager receives the request by mail
3. VRE Manager approves the request in the portal
4. User is notified by mail
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7. User Management
xecuted using the “User Management” interface.
vailable functionality:
1. Add user to VRE
for new registrations: automatically done at registration
for existing users: manually from list
2. Remove user from VRE
ultiple users can be added/removed at the same time.
oles can also be associated when adding users.
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8. Infrastructure Roles
If needed in the
future other roles
VRE
can be added
Manager
Data VRE
Manager Designer
Site VO VRE
Manager Admin User
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9. Infrastructure Roles
frastructure is based on hardware provided by the project
members. The nodes are managed by the Site Manager:
Deploy and maintain the nodes
Make sure all nodes are certified
Announce possible node downtimes
Monitor the nodes status
VRE
Manager
Data VRE
Manager Designer
Site VO VRE
Manager Admin User
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10. Infrastructure Roles
ata collections staging by Data Manager.
Os creation and management by VO-Admin:
anagement of VO users and roles
VRE
Manager
eployment of VO services (Content, Metadata, Index, etc)
Data VRE
Manager Designer
Site VO VRE
Manager Admin User
pproval of VO resources
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11. Infrastructure Roles
he VRE Designer is a community member knowledgeable
about the community needs for new VREs. The VRE Designer
responsibilities are:
Define new VREs
select collections, functionality, metadata formats, etc.
Send new VRE requests
to be approved by the VRE Manager VRE
Manager
Data VRE
Manager Designer
Site VO VRE
Manager Admin User
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12. Infrastructure Roles
he VRE Manager is a community member knowledgeable
about the infrastructure and the community resources. The
VRE Manager responsibilities are:
Verification and Approval of VRE designs
VRE Deployment
Maintenance of VREs resources
Management of VRE users and roles VRE
Manager
Data VRE
VRE Monitoring Manager Designer
Site VO VRE
Manager Admin User
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13. Infrastructure Roles
he VRE User is a community member knowledgeable about
the one specific area of the community domain. The VRE
Manager responsibilities are:
To use the VRE ☺
Search (full text, geospatial, etc)
Browse results and content
Annotate VRE
Manager
View and edit metadata Data VRE
Manager
Report Generation Designer
Site VO VRE
… Manager Admin User
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14. Roles Management
he management of the users and roles is based on VOMS.
xecuted using the “User Management” interface.
vailable functionality:
1. Add role to user
2. Remove role to user
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15. Roles Management
At VO level, the VRE roles have been configured as follows:
M VO FCPPS VO:
VRE Manager: Veronica VRE Manager: Anton
VRE Designer: Chiara VRE Designer: Anton
ICIS VO:
VRE Manager: Anton
VRE Designer: Elijah
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16. Practical Exercise (for VRE Managers)
mulate the request of a new user to join an existing VRE:
1. (VRE User) fill the registration form
2. (VRE Manager) approve the request
3. (VRE User) verify the confirmation email
4. (VRE Manager) add VRE-User role to new user
5. (VRE User) access the portal and login to the VRE
6. (VRE Manager) remove VRE-User roles from user
7. (VRE Manager) remove user from VRE
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