[Go-essp-tech] MyProxy Clients for ESG

Thu Oct 22 07:32:33 MDT 2009

Hi Neill,

> The MyProxy clients will already be on the machine.  Is there 
> an advantage trying to duplicate functionality using wget?

I was thinking of a different set of use cases.  If you have a HTTP based interface to MyProxy the options for access are opened to support a much broader range of clients without the need for specialist client software.

One case might be users who want to regularly download data to their desktop machine or automate access via script.  They don't want to go through a browser to do it and they don't want to install specialist clients either.  I've found the Java MyProxy client easy to use and we have a Python based client here but even these are too inconvenient for some users.   wget on the other hand is familiar to most and is readily available if not installed by default.  It would provide an alternative convenient means of accessing credentials.

Cheers,
Phil  

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "philip kershaw" <philip.kershaw at stfc.ac.uk>
> To: go-essp-tech at ucar.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:57:54 AM GMT -06:00 
> US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Go-essp-tech] MyProxy Clients for ESG
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Dean mentions a improved MyProxy client below.  I'd be 
> interested to find out more about it.  
> 
> We had some discussion about the ease of use of MyProxy 
> clients at GO-ESSP.  I've been looking at this and have 
> developed an add on to our interface here to enable MyProxy 
> logon via a https call.  It would mean the logon step could 
> be carried out with something like wget without the need for 
> a specialist client.  Does anyone else know of any similar 
> work?  Are you looking to add an specific utilities in the 
> Gateway for MyProxy integration?
> 
> Cheers,
> Phil
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: go-essp-tech-bounces at ucar.edu
> > [mailto:go-essp-tech-bounces at ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Dean N. Williams
> > Sent: 20 October 2009 14:41
> > To: Pascoe, Stephen (STFC,RAL,SSTD)
> > Cc: go-essp-tech at ucar.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Go-essp-tech] next telco: ESG data node 
> > progress, 4pm UT,20th October
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Stephen,
> > 
> > 	Bob and Gavin will be on the call today, so these
> > questions will be  
> > answered in great detail. Gavin, Eric, and Neill are working to  
> > include GridFTP and a new improved MyProxy client. Bob will 
> > point you  
> > to the publisher commands. Bob and Gavin will discuss the 
> testing of  
> > the publication installation and process. Finally, we will 
> discuss   
> > updated material on the DN development, deployment, and 
> publication  
> > timelines.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 	Dean
> > 
> > On Oct 20, 2009, at 6:21 AM, <stephen.pascoe at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > Some items I'd like to discuss at the telco. today:
> > >
> > > * datanode deployment update
> > > * Data publication timelines -- I can report on our expected
> > > publication timeline of UKMO data.
> > > * Testing the publication process.  How should testing 
> "esgpublish" 
> > > work?  Are the constraints on what metadata we give our 
> > test datasets?
> > > How do we unpublish test datasets, including removal from
> > the gateway?
> > > * Documentation.  Is there any documentation on the 
> esgcet command- 
> > > line tools ($CDAT_HOME/bin/esg*)?  If not lets we start a wiki
> > page on it.
> > > * GridFTP -- I'm not clear how this is meant to be 
> configured on the 
> > > node.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Stephen.
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Stephen Pascoe  +44 (0)1235 445980
> > > British Atmospheric Data Centre
> > > Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: badc-nmwg-bounces at zonda.badc.rl.ac.uk
> > > [mailto:badc-nmwg-bounces at zonda.badc.rl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Bryan
> > > Lawrence
> > > Sent: 19 October 2009 14:55
> > > To: go-essp-tech at ucar.edu
> > > Subject: [badc-nmwg] [Go-essp-tech] next telco: ESG data node 
> > > progress,4pm UT, 20th October
> > >
> > > Hi Folks
> > >
> > > As announced, the next telco will be 4pm UT, 20th of October.
> > >
> > > (Yes, that's 0300 in Canberra, 0900 in San Francisco, 
> 1000 Denver, 
> > > 1200 in NYC, 1700 in the UK, 1800  in Europe, and the time will
> > change for
> > > most of us the following week).
> > >
> > > The telco will be limited to one hour in duration.
> > >
> > > Telco number is US +1-925-424-8105 access code 305757#.
> > >
> > > Because of the antisocial hour in the Antipodes, we're planning to
> > > record the meeting ...  so that we don't get sued because 
> > of potential
> > > damage from massive caffeine spikes ... if anyone has a
> > problem with
> > > that (the recording that is), please speak out asap.
> > >
> > > Topic of the day: progress on installing and configuring
> > the ESG data
> > > node. I think the actual agenda will be constructed in the
> > first five
> > > minutes of the call.
> > >
> > > Dean has produced the attached document which will 
> eventually appear 
> > > on the CMIP5 site.  Do feel free to provide constructive
> > criticism, so
> > > the
> > > document can be as useful as possible for those following
> > us down this
> > > road.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Bryan
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bryan Lawrence
> > > Director of Environmental Archival and Associated Research (NCAS/ 
> > > British Atmospheric Data Centre and NCEO/NERC NEODC) STFC,
> > Rutherford Appleton
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