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JGridstart is an open source project, licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GPL] (version 2 or later). It was developed at [http://www.nikhef.nl/ Nikhef] as part of the [http://www.biggrid.nl/ BiG Grid] project.
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'''NEWS for December 2012: join the jGridstart Collaborathon! [[JGridstart/2012_Collaborathon|more information]]'''
  
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* [https://ndpfsvn.nikhef.nl/repos/pdpsoft/branches/nl.nikhef.jgridstart-flyingsaucer/nl.nikhef.jgridstart active SVN branch] ([https://ndpfsvn.nikhef.nl/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/pdpsoft/branches/nl.nikhef.jgridstart-flyingsaucer/nl.nikhef.jgridstart/ web access])
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{{JGridstart}}JGridstart is an open source project, licensed under the [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache 2.0 license]. It was developed at [http://www.nikhef.nl/ Nikhef] as part of the [http://www.biggrid.nl/ BiG Grid] project.
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* Latest [http://www.nikhef.nl/~wvengen/jgridstart-devel/jgridstart.jnlp development build] (java web start file)
 
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** interfaces with a [http://www.nikhef.nl/~wvengen/testca/ test certificate authority] to avoid interfering with operations
 
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* Mantis [https://grid.sara.nl/issues/set_project.php?project_id=9 bug tracker]
 
  
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=== Building from source ===
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* [[JGridstart/Releases|Official releases]]
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JGridstart is being developed in a [http://subversion.tigris.org/ subversion] repository: [https://ndpfsvn.nikhef.nl/repos/pdpsoft/branches/nl.nikhef.jgridstart-flyingsaucer/nl.nikhef.jgridstart active SVN branch] ([https://ndpfsvn.nikhef.nl/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/pdpsoft/branches/nl.nikhef.jgridstart-flyingsaucer/nl.nikhef.jgridstart/ web access]). To build the latest trunk from source, make sure that you have installed a [http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp java delopment environment], [http://ant.apache.org/ Ant], and [http://www.graphviz.org/ Graphviz] (for the Javadoc diagrams; make sure <code>dot</code> is in your path), then run:
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* Code repository is at [https://github.com/biggrid/jGridstart Github]
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  svn checkout https://ndpfsvn.nikhef.nl/repos/pdpsoft/branches/nl.nikhef.jgridstart-flyingsaucer/nl.nikhef.jgridstart
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* Test deployments interface with a [http://www.nikhef.nl/~wvengen/testca/ test certificate authority] by default to avoid interfering with operations ([https://github.com/biggrid/jGridstart/tree/master/testca source code])
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  cd nl.nikhef.jgridstart
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* Mantis [http://jgridstart.nikhef.nl/bugs bug tracker]
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  ant dist
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* Continuous integration by [http://travis-ci.org/biggrid/jGridstart Travis-CI]
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This results in signed JAR in the subdirectory <code>deployment</code>, together with java web start related files. When developing, one can run jGridstart from the in-tree class files using the shellscript <code>jgridstart.sh</code> (or <code>jgridstart.bat</code> on Windows).
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== Developer documents ==
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* On jGridstart's [[JGridstart/Authentication|authentication processes]], and integration with [[JGridstart/Confusa|Confusa]]
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* [http://jgridstart.nikhef.nl/javadoc/ Javadoc] API documentation
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* Used [[JGridstart/Technologies|technologies]]
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* Notes on [[JGridstart/Browser certificate installation|browser certificate installation]]
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* What's inside the [[JGridstart/Dot-globus|~/.globus]] directory
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* [[JGridstart/Bouncycastle_and_Java_Web_start|How BouncyCastle is used together with Java Web Start]], and [[JGridstart/Java_Web_start|general Java Web Start notes]].
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* Notes on [[JGridstart/Java user agents|Java user agent]] strings
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* See which [https://www.nikhef.nl/~wvengen/testca-access/ client certificate is installed] in your web browser
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* Cumberless strong PKCS#12 cryptography using [[PKCS12KeyStoreUnlimited]]
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* Other [[JGridstart/Notes|notes]], and [[JGridstart/RA_Remarks|remarks of RAs]]
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== Building from source ==
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JGridstart's source can be found at [https://github.com/biggrid/jGridstart github]. To build the latest development version from source, make sure that you have installed a [http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp Java development kit (JDK)] and [http://maven.apache.org/ Maven], then run:
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  git clone https://github.com/biggrid/jGridstart.git
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  cd jGridstart
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  mvn install
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The current 'final' product can be found in <tt>jgridstart-small/target/jgridstart-small-<version>.jar</tt> (together with a <tt>bcprov-<jdk>-<version>.jar</tt>). Please see the [https://github.com/biggrid/jGridstart/blob/master/README.md README] for more information.
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jGridstart's main application is in <tt>jgridstart/</tt>, and it can be run from there using the shellscript <code>jgridstart.sh</code> (or <code>jgridstart.bat</code> on Windows).
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== Related websites ==
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* [https://forge.gridforum.org/sf/projects/caops-wg Certificate Authority Operations WG]
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* Related software
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** [http://www.ngs.ac.uk/tools/certwizard Certificate Management Wizard] is a wizard for setting up the grid; much more complex than jGridstart both in functionality and user-interface.
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** [http://www.bestgrid.org/index.php/Grid_Tools Grid Tools]
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** [http://argon.sao.nrc.ca/~spgrid/ SpectroGrid2] with a java web start based certificate manager (also [https://spectrogrid2.nrc.ca/portal/?q=node/3 here])
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** [http://www.jabacats.com/ JaBaCATs] Java Basic Certificate Authority Tools
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** [http://portecle.sourceforge.net/ Portecle] - GUI to create, manage and examine keystores, keys, certificates, requests, revocation lists and more.
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** [http://yellowcat1.free.fr/keytool_iui.html KeyTool IUI] the cryptography GUI tool
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** [http://gridshib.globus.org/docs/gridshib-ca-0.5.1/ gridshib-ca] contains a java web start tool that installs user certificates
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** [http://projects.arcs.org.au/trac/grix/ Grix] is a Java gui application to help users handle security related tasks within a grid environment ([http://grix.arcs.org.au/ old] [http://www.arcs.org.au/index.php/services/security/290-grix links])
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** [http://www.apgrid.org/csrgenerator/ CSRGenerator] is a Java gui wizard to submit a CSR, implementing a subset of jGridstart's features
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** [http://wiki.ngs.ac.uk/index.php?title=Libbrowser libbrowser] is a Java library for accessing Internet Explorer and Mozilla keystores read/write(!) using native calls to dll/so.

Latest revision as of 12:32, 26 March 2013

NEWS for December 2012: join the jGridstart Collaborathon! more information

<sidebar>

  • jGridstart
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    • JGridstart/Help|Help
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    • JGridstart/Certificate_Authorities|Certificate Authorities
    • JGridstart/Developers|Developers

</sidebar>JGridstart is an open source project, licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. It was developed at Nikhef as part of the BiG Grid project.

Developer documents

Building from source

JGridstart's source can be found at github. To build the latest development version from source, make sure that you have installed a Java development kit (JDK) and Maven, then run: 

 git clone https://github.com/biggrid/jGridstart.git
 cd jGridstart
 mvn install

The current 'final' product can be found in jgridstart-small/target/jgridstart-small-<version>.jar (together with a bcprov-<jdk>-<version>.jar). Please see the README for more information.

jGridstart's main application is in jgridstart/, and it can be run from there using the shellscript jgridstart.sh (or jgridstart.bat on Windows).

Related websites

  • Certificate Authority Operations WG
  • Related software
    • Certificate Management Wizard is a wizard for setting up the grid; much more complex than jGridstart both in functionality and user-interface.
    • Grid Tools
    • SpectroGrid2 with a java web start based certificate manager (also here)
    • JaBaCATs Java Basic Certificate Authority Tools
    • Portecle - GUI to create, manage and examine keystores, keys, certificates, requests, revocation lists and more.
    • KeyTool IUI the cryptography GUI tool
    • gridshib-ca contains a java web start tool that installs user certificates
    • Grix is a Java gui application to help users handle security related tasks within a grid environment (old links)
    • CSRGenerator is a Java gui wizard to submit a CSR, implementing a subset of jGridstart's features
    • libbrowser is a Java library for accessing Internet Explorer and Mozilla keystores read/write(!) using native calls to dll/so.
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