How to use GSI enabled ssh on Windows

• Get a certificate
  • fill out the request form at Webinterface of GridKa-CA
  • in a few days you will receive an email saying your certificate is ready for download
  • go to the link specified by the email and your web browser will collect the certificate
  • this needs to be exported (example given for Google Chrome)
    • create a directory under your C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\ directory called .globus
    • in the options, click "Under the Hood" on the left side
    • in the security section click "Manage certificates..."
    • under the "Personal" tab, select the GridKa-CA certificate issued to your name and hit "Export..."
    • follow all the defaults except the first selection where you should choose to export the private key
    • store the certificate in the .globus directory you created and name it usercred.p12
• Send your grid proxy information to the atlas administrators
  • download the globus toolkit for windows and install it (this link was found via a page maintained by the NorduGrid Collaboration)
  • Go into the start menu and select "Run..."
  • In the window that pops up type "cmd" and hit enter
  • Change directory into the bin directory under the GlobusToolkit directory that was created by the installation (i.e. >cd "C:\Program Files\GlobusToolkit\bin")
  • >grid-proxy-init
  • >grid-proxy-info
  • send the output to the atlas system administrators
• Download the Root certificate
  • Go to the GridKa website
  • On the left hand side select "GridKa Info" and then "GridKa-CA"
  • Download and store the root certificate in a new directory called "certificates" under the .globus directory above
• Connect to the grid
  • download the java GSI-SSHTerm
  • follow the instructions on the GSI-sshTERM Java Client for Grid Computing page
  • only need to change the hostname to atlas1.atlas.aei.uni-hannover.de in the "Host" tab and delete all the entries in the "My Proxy" area of the "GSI Defauts" tab
  • This should do it!