How to use VOMS api library

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Package Installation

Download

The VOMS api library can be downloaded from here.

Installation Procedure

The following steps have to be performed in order to use this library:

  • uncompress the org.gcube.vo-management.voms-api-0.0.0-0.tar.gz file
  • copy org.gcube.vomanagement.voms-api.jar in a convenient directory
  • Edit a vomsAPI.properties file based on the template provided in the SA.

vomsAPI.properties file is contained in SA and basically is composed of 3 sections:

  1. information about VOMS server
  2. information about MyProxyCA server
  3. CLIENT credentials: the credentials to be specified by client to contact VOMS. They should have VO-Admin privileges in VO group.

Using VOMS API library

To successfully contact the VOMS service with VOMS api library you DON'T need to use a VOMS servlet.