SARoNGS project (Jens Jensen)

SARoNGS

Jens Jensen <j.jensen at rl.ac.uk>

JISC access management event30 June 2008

NGS

“To provide coherent electronic access for UK researchers to all computational and data based resources and facilities required to carry out their research, independent of resource or researcher

location”

4 core sites, 7 partners, 7-9 affiliates

What is it?

Shibboleth Access toResources on the

National Grid Service

Shebangs

MIMAS

VPMan

ShibGrid

SARoNGS

But what does it do?

Funded byJISC!

Goals

Broaden the NGS user base Ease access for researchers who are not technology specialists

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Goals

Provide access to resources

Encourage collaborations inVirtual Organisations

Goals

Prevent unauthorised

access

Easier support

for service provider

Goals

Deliver aproduction

service!

Currently

People use X.509 certificates toaccess NGS resources

Trusted globally- IGTF

Sometimes seen as challenging to use

In SARoNGS

People who have certificates can keep using them

Created transparently forpeople who don’t have them

Users don’t evenknow they havecertificates!

Architecture

CTS MyProxy

User and management portals

The NGS Grid

VO Management

CTS access control

research resources(MIMAS)

More detailed Arch.

What’s in it for you?

If you’re a user: non-certificate accessto the NGS, mainly via portals

What’s in it for you?

If you are a service provider:hook into NGS SP/portal (if you wish)(particularly if you require X.509)

Using NGS’ VO managementinfrastructure

(Fine print: note UK Fed. restrictions)

What’s in it for you?

If you are a foreign federation

We’ve got stuff you can reuse

(Fine print: we’re built forthe UK Federation)

What’s in it for you? (soon)

More Shibbolised resources

NGS

SRB

Oracle

OGSA-DAI

iRODS Shibbolised in theASPiS project

Gaps?

Further services

Attributes…

Real VOs…

Assurance

SARoNGS summary

Integrated security

Production ready

Usable

Interoperable

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