Introduction to Grids and Grid applications

Overview of Grid middleware concepts The lecture will introduce the concepts used by the Condor, Globus Toolkit and EGEE middleware implementations.

Grid security The fundamental challenges of grid computing are described: how can trust be established between sites and users? How can security be protected when communication is across a public network? How are users authorised to use computers and data?

Introduction to Globus Toolkit 4 The preseantation introduces the main concepts of the Web services technology and presents the components and services contained in Globus Toolkit 4

Globus Toolkit 4 WSRF core The lecture introduces the basics of WSRF enabled Grid services.

Globus hands-on (Pt. 1) Attendees will be introduced to the command line usage of Globus Toolkit 4 services as it is provided on the Westfocus Grid infrastructure.

Globus hands-on (Pt. 2)

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Introduction to Grid portals

Grid application support by the P-GRADE Portal

Demonstrations

Exposing applications as Grid services: the GEMLCA approach

Demonstrations

P-GRADE Portal hands-on using the EGEE GILDA Grid The tutorial covers the main P-GRADE Portal features using the gLite services of the GILDA training infrastructure: Managing user certificates; Importing workflows; Developing, executing and monitoring workflows. Find the training material <a href="http://urza.lpds.sztaki.hu/~sipos/porto/index.htm "><b>here</b>.

GEMLCA hands-on using the UK NGS Grid

Summary of the day

Globus Toolkit 4 installation tutorial (Pt. 1)

Globus Toolkit 4 installation tutorial (Pt. 2)

GEMLCA administrator tutorial

P-GRADE Portal administrator tutorial

Summary of the course