List of host certificates

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To keep track of the host certificates for all the grid gateways I administer, I have decided to put them together in a single table to see the due dates for renewing the certificates. This is the list of certificates for Canterbury (with Otago to follow). I encourage other grid admins within BeSTGRID to create a similar table for their systems.

[edit] Canterbury Grid Gateway: Current certificates

Host Purpose Expires Action (+ reason)
hpcgrid1 IBM p520 - GridFTP server for HPC 2009-02-12 Renew - production service
grid User client tools 2009-04-07 Renew - may be useful
gridgwtest Testing grid sw 2009-04-07 Renew - may be useful
myproxy MyProxy server 2009-04-07 Configured, keep renewing certificates
ng2dev ng2 development 2009-04-07 Renew
ng2hpcdev ng2hpc development 2009-04-07 Renew
ng2sge SGE cluster Ng2 gateway 2009-04-07 Renew - production service
ng2hpc HPC cluster Ng2 gateway 2009-04-07 Renew - production service
ngdata SRB 2009-10-29 Renew when needed
nggums GUMS authentication server 2009-04-07 Renew - production service
ngportal GridSphere portal 2009-04-07 Renew - production service
ngportaldev GridSphere development portal 2009-04-07 Renew - may be useful
ng2 Ng2 gateway (GT4) for NGCompute 2009-08-07 Renew when needed - production service
ngportal ipsCA frontend certificate 2010-08-07 Renew when needed
ngportaldev ipsCA frontend certificate 2010-08-07 Renew when needed
nggums ipsCA frontend certificate 2010-08-07 Renew when needed
srb ipsCA frontend certificate (for DAVIS) 2010-12-04 Renew when needed


Action items:

  • Revisit this list by February 2009 (hpcgrid1 would expire)

Items done:

  • GUMS: switch to a more recent certificate
  • Request certificates to be reissued.
    • Note that all certificates should be renewed without a "host/" prefix, and in the /C=NZ/O=BeSTGRID namespace.
    • For ng2 gateway, ask for new name to be added to the MDS gridmap file
  • Ng2: ask for MDS mapping, switch to NZ certificate (more recent) Due: April 23, 2008
  • Reissue: grid gridgwtest myproxy Due: April 23, 2008
  • Reissue: ngportal ngportaldev nggums ng2hpc ng2sge (AU namespace, due June-August)
  • Revisit this list by September 2008 (ng2 would expire)
  • Notes:
    • Request host certificates with a script based on ARCS HostCertificates request guidelines:
      root@ucgridgw:~/hostcerts# ./bestgrid-cert-request.sh ~/hostcerts-renew2008/nggums nggums.canterbury.ac.nz vladimir.mencl@canterbury.ac.nz
    • The script invokes openssql req, with a config based on APACGrid CA's ssl.conf.

[edit] Canterbury Grid Gateway: Past certificates

Host Purpose Ser.# Issued Expires Action (+ reason) Distinguished Name
ucgridgw Xen host OS 522 2007-03-21 2008-03-20 Do not renew - no cert needed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/OU=BeSTGRID-UoC/CN=ucgridgw.canterbury.ac.nz
grid User client tools 572 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Renew - may run a GridFTP server /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/grid.canterbury.ac.nz
gridgwtest Testing grid sw 573 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Renew - though cert not really needed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/gridgwtest.canterbury.ac.nz
myproxy MyProxy server 574 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Renew - though service not really used /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/myproxy.canterbury.ac.nz
ng1 Ng1 gateway (GT2) 575 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Do not renew - service will not be deployed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/ng1.canterbury.ac.nz
ng2 Ng2 gateway (GT4) for NGCompute 576 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Renew (move to 861) - production service /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/ng2.canterbury.ac.nz
ng2 Ng2 gateway (GT4) for NGCompute 834 2007-08-22 2008-08-21 Do not renew - this was a test certificate /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=ng2.canterbury.ac.nz
ng2 Ng2 gateway (GT4) for NGCompute 861 2007-09-05 2008-09-04 Renew when needed - production service /C=NZ/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=ng2.canterbury.ac.nz
ng2 Ng2 gateway (GT4) for NGCompute 862 2007-09-05 2008-09-04 Do not renew - this was a test certificate /C=NZ/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University_of_Canterbury/CN=ng2.canterbury.ac.nz
ngdata Ngdata 577 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Do not renew now (services would run on hpcgrid?) /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/ngdata.canterbury.ac.nz
ngcompute NGCompute test PBS cluster 578 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Do not renew - no cert needed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/ngcompute.canterbury.ac.nz
nggums GUMS authentication server 579 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Superseded by 835 /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/nggums.canterbury.ac.nz
nggums GUMS authentication server 835 2007-08-22 2008-08-21 Renew - service being deployed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=nggums.canterbury.ac.nz
ngportal GridSphere portal 580 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Superseded by 792 /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/ngportal.canterbury.ac.nz
ngportal GridSphere portal 792 2007-07-17 2008-07-16 Renew - production service /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=ngportal.canterbury.ac.nz
ngportaldev GridSphere development portal 836 2007-08-22 2008-08-21 Renew - useful as testbed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=ngportaldev.canterbury.ac.nz
vomrs VOMRS server 581 2007-04-24 2008-04-23 Do not renew - service not deployed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=host/vomrs.canterbury.ac.nz
xpc14a0 Development workstation 631 2007-05-25 2008-05-24 Do not renew - no longer needed /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=xpc14a0.math.canterbury.ac.nz
ng2hpc GT4 gateway for HPC 682 2007-06-07 2008-06-06 Renew - production service /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=ng2hpc.canterbury.ac.nz
ng2sge GT4 gateway for Oldesparky 683 2007-06-07 2008-06-06 Renew - service still planned /C=AU/O=APACGrid/O=BeSTGRID/OU=University of Canterbury/CN=ng2sge.canterbury.ac.nz


[edit] BeSTGRID Shibboleth Federation

Host Channel Issuer Expires Comment
wayf.bestgrid.org https ipsCA 2010-11-24
idp.bestgrid.org front ipsCA 2010-11-14
idp.bestgrid.org back APACGrid 2009-06-26 Note 1, Note 3
www.bestgrid.org front ipsCA 2009-09-16
www.bestgrid.org back AAF L2 Shib 2010-01-24 Note 2
openidp.test.bestgrid.org front+back MAMS Level 1 CA 2009-07-28
wiki.test.bestgrid.org front BeSTGRID CA 2010-05-23
wiki.test.bestgrid.org back CAUDIT 2010-01-24 Note 2
idp-test.canterbury.ac.nz front+back MAMS Level 1 CA 2009-08-21
wayf.test.bestgrid.org https BeSTGRID CA 2010-05-24
gridsphere.test.bestgrid.org front BeSTGRID CA 2010-11-21
gridsphere.test.bestgrid.org back MAMS Level 1 CA 2009-12-15
avcc.karen.net.nz front ipsCA 2010-05-27
avcc.karen.net.nz back CAUDIT 2010-01-13
idp.canterbury.ac.nz front ipsCA 2010-09-17
idp.canterbury.ac.nz back CAUDIT 2010-01-13
wiki.canterbury.ac.nz front ipsCA 2010-11-30
wiki.canterbury.ac.nz back CAUDIT 2010-04-15
confluencewiki.canterbury.ac.nz front+back MAMS-Level-1 2009-11-25
  • Schedule:
    • June 2009: Do something about idp.bestgrid.org - either renew the back-channel certificate or switch to using ipsCA on the back-channel.
  • Note 1: yuck: idp.bestgrid.org is issuing assertions with APACGrid certficiate, that's why APACGrid CA is included in BeSTGRID federation metadata.
  • Note 2: these certificates were due to expire Jun 18 with the old CAUDIT Shibboleth Issuing CA.
  • Note 3: Now that idp.bestgrid.org has an ipsCA front-end certificate, we might switch to using it also for back-channel - and them remove APACGrid CA from the BeSTGRID Federation metadata.