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Publication from : Maarten Litmaath <Maarten.Litmaath(a)cern.ch>
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Dear colleagues,
for many years, lcg-bdii.cern.ch has been serving as default top BDII.
Since half a year, there is a new default top BDII available:
lcg-bdii.egi.eu
We now plan to switch off lcg-bdii.cern.ch on 19 June.
Please adjust your configurations where needed, thanks!
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Publication from : Alessandro Paolini <operations(a)egi.eu>
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Dear VO Managers,
As already discussed, part of our infrastructure is going to change authentication and authorisation system, from X509 personal certificates to AAI tokens.
This month the HTCondorCE version that is deployed on several sites is reaching its end of life and we should start soon a migration campaign to a new HTCondorCE version that dropped the usage of X509 personal certificates in favour of AAI tokens.
This implies that in order to submit jobs to the sites providing a HTCondorCE you will not be able to use VOMS proxies any longer, but you need a token released by AAI Identity Proxies like EGI Check-in (https://docs.egi.eu/users/aai/check-in/obtaining-tokens/).
Besides the migration campaign of the sites, we are also going to clone the several VOs from their VOMS servers to EGI Check-in so the users can get the tokens with the VO entitlements they need.
The other CE technology deployed by other sites, the ARC-CE, will still support the VOMS-based authentication and authorisation for the time being (it can actually be configured to support both the methods).
While we aim to implement this change in a way that should be as smooth as possible, we appreciate that some VOs might not be ready yet to it so that we are also discussing with the HTCondorCE team a possible extension, for a few months, of the support of the old version in order to give more time to the VOs to prepare for the authentication switch; but this is not yet agreed.
We would like to ask you what is your status concerning this switch, either if you use central tools (like the EGI Workload Manager based on Dirac) to consume the CE resources or if you submit jobs through command line.
Please write to "operations egi.eu" and "ucst egi.eu" if you are ready to the change, how you interact with the CEs, if you need further time to be prepared for the new way to access the CEs, and what are the main issues you are facing to get ready for the switch.
Your feedback could be a valuable input for the discussion with the HTCondorCE team about a possible extension of the support of the VOMS-based authentication in the HTCondorCE product.
Best regards,
EGi Operations
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Publication from : Giuseppe La Rocca <giuseppe.larocca(a)egi.eu>
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Dear All,
This is to inform you that the scientific programme of the #EGI2023 conference is now available on Whova [1]!
#EGI2023 takes place in Poznań, Poland, from June 19th until June 23rd 2023. Read more here [2]
Especially on Monday and Friday, you have the possibility to attend several training sessions to improve
or refresh your skills on the EGI solutions, or connect with high-qualified specialists in a variety of fields and sectors.
In particular, I would like to bring to your attention the Security Workshop on Friday (23/06) organized by CSIRT.
During this training session, several aspect of operational security will be explored, including the sharing of appropriate intelligence and the conceptual design of a Services Operations Centre (SOC) environment appropriate for cloud infrastructures.
Special rate are also offered for you to attend multiple training sessions.
How does it work?
- Take a look at the programme and define which trainings are of interest for you.
- Through the EGI2023 main registration page [3], select the suitable 'Single Training Day' ticket.
- In the question form, indicate what trainings you would like to attend. Two weeks before the conference starts you will be asked to confirm/change your selection in case you changed your mind, or anything interesting gets added to the programme.
I have my ticket, what now?
- Sit back and relax! Your trainer will reach out to you before the training about the programme and any useful additional information (prior knowledge, equipment to bring, ...).
- Make sure to indicate yourself as 'attending' in the Whova event app [4] - this is a quick way to receive updates from the organisers (for example if there is a room change).
We're looking forward to seeing you in Poznań!
Regards, Giuseppe
[1] https://whova.com/web/M8zkrnLo5DUwlnug54VINPkHTdssyl49PHa20jCW2Qg%3D/Agenda/
[2] https://www.egi.eu/event/egi2023/
[3] https://whova.com/portal/registration/egi_202305/
[4] https://whova.com/portal/webapp/egi_202305/
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