Ubuntu Manpage: globus-gatekeeper - Authorize and execute a grid service on behalf of a user

Provided by: globus-gatekeeper_11.4-2_amd64

NAME

       globus-gatekeeper - Authorize and execute a grid service on behalf of a user

SYNOPSIS

       globus-gatekeeper [-help]

       globus-gatekeeper -conf PARAMETER_FILE [-test] [-d | -debug] [-inetd | -f] [-p PORT |
       -port PORT] [-l LOGFILE | -logfile LOGFILE] [-lf LOG_FACILITY] [-acctfile ACCTFILE] [-e
       LIBEXECDIR] [-launch_method { fork_and_exit | fork_and_wait | dont_fork }] [-grid_services
       SERVICEDIR] [-globusid GLOBUSID] [-gridmap GRIDMAP] [-x509_cert_dir TRUSTED_CERT_DIR]
       [-x509_cert_file TRUSTED_CERT_FILE] [-x509_user_cert CERT_PATH] [-x509_user_key KEY_PATH]
       [-x509_user_proxy PROXY_PATH] [-k] [-globuskmap KMAP] [-pidfile PIDFILE]

DESCRIPTION

The globus-gatekeeper program is a meta-server similar to inetd or*xinetd* that starts
other services after authenticating a TCP connection using GSSAPI and mapping the client’s
credential to a local account.

The most common use for the globus-gatekeeper program is to start instances of the
globus-job-manager(8) service. A single globus-gatekeeper deployment can handle multiple
different service configurations by having entries in the /etc/grid-services/ directory.

Typically, users interact with the globus-gatekeeper program via client applications such
as globusrun(1), globus-job-submit(1), or tools such as CoG jglobus or Condor-G.

The full set of command-line options to globus-gatekeeper consists of:

-help
Display a help message to standard error and exit

-conf PARAMETER_FILE
Load configuration parameters from PARAMETER_FILE. The parameters in that file are
treated as additional command-line options.

-test
Parse the configuration file and print out the POSIX user id of the globus-gatekeeper
process, service home directory, service execution directory, and X.509 subject name
and then exits.

-d, -debug
Run the globus-gatekeeper process in the foreground.

-inetd
Flag to indicate that the globus-gatekeeper process was started via inetd or a similar
super-server. If this flag is set and the globus-gatekeeper was not started via inetd,
a warning will be printed in the gatekeeper log.

-f
Flag to indicate that the globus-gatekeeper process should run in the foreground. This
flag has no effect when the globus-gatekeeper is started via inetd.

-p PORT, -port PORT
Listen for connections on the TCP/IP port PORT. This option has no effect if the
globus-gatekeeper is started via inetd or a similar service. If not specified and the
gatekeeper is running as root, the default of 2119 is used. Otherwise, the gatekeeper
defaults to an ephemeral port.

-home PATH
Sets the gatekeeper deployment directory to PATH. This is used to interpret relative
paths for accounting files, libexecdir, certificate paths, and also to set the
GLOBUS_LOCATION environment variable in the service environment. If not specified, the
gatekeeper looks for service executables in /usr/sbin, configuration in /etc, and
writes logs and accounting files to /var/log.

-l LOGFILE, -logfile LOGFILE
Write log entries to LOGFILE. If LOGFILE is equal to logoff or LOGOFF, then logging
will be disabled, both to file and to syslog.

-lf LOG_FACILITY
Open syslog using the LOG_FACILITY. If not specified, LOG_DAEMON will be used as the
default when using syslog.

<option>-acctfile ACCTFILE</option>
Set the path to write accounting records to ACCTFILE. If not set, records will be
written to the log file.

-e LIBEXECDIR
Look for service executables in LIBEXECDIR. If not specified, the sbin subdirectory of
the parameter to -home is used, or /usr/sbin if that is not set.

-launch_method fork_and_exit | fork_and_wait | dont_fork
Determine how to launch services. The method may be either fork_and_exit (the service
runs completely independently of the gatekeeper, which exits after creating the new
service process), fork_and_wait (the service is run in a separate process from the
gatekeeper but the gatekeeper does not exit until the service terminates), or
dont_fork, where the gatekeeper process becomes the service process via the exec()
system call.

-grid_services SERVICEDIR
Look for service descriptions in SERVICEDIR.

-globusid GLOBUSID
Sets the GLOBUSID environment variable to GLOBUSID. This variable is used to construct
the gatekeeper contact string if it can not be parsed from the service credential.

-gridmap GRIDMAP
Use the file at GRIDMAP to map GSSAPI names to POSIX user names.

-x509_cert_dir TRUSTED_CERT_DIR
Use the directory TRUSTED_CERT_DIR to locate trusted CA X.509 certificates. The
gatekeeper sets the environment variable X509_CERT_DIR to this value.

-x509_user_cert CERT_PATH
Read the service X.509 certificate from CERT_PATH. The gatekeeper sets the
X509_USER_CERT environment variable to this value.

-x509_user_key KEY_PATH
Read the private key for the service from KEY_PATH. The gatekeeper sets the
X509_USER_KEY environment variable to this value.

-x509_user_proxy PROXY_PATH
Read the X.509 proxy certificate from PROXY_PATH. The gatekeeper sets the
X509_USER_PROXY environment variable to this value.

-k
Use the <command>globus-k5</command> command to acquire Kerberos 5 credentials before
starting the service.

-globuskmap KMAP
Use KMAP as the path to the Grid credential to kerberos initialization mapping file.

-pidfile PIDFILE
Write the process id of the globus-gatekeeper to the file named by PIDFILE.

ENVIRONMENT

       The following environment variables affect the execution of globus-gatekeeper:

       X509_CERT_DIR
           Directory containing X.509 trust anchors and signing policy files.

       X509_USER_PROXY
           Path to file containing an X.509 proxy.

       X509_USER_CERT
           Path to file containing an X.509 user certificate.

       X509_USER_KEY
           Path to file containing an X.509 user key.

       GLOBUS_LOCATION
           Default path to gatekeeper service files.

FILES

       The following files affect the execution of globus-gatekeeper:

       /etc/grid-services/SERVICENAME
           Service configuration for SERVICENAME.

       /etc/grid-security/grid-mapfile
           Default file mapping Grid identities to POSIX identities.

       /etc/globuskmap
           Default file mapping Grid identities to Kerberos 5 principals.

       /etc/globus-nologin
           File to disable the globus-gatekeeper program.

       /var/log/globus-gatekeeper.log
           Default gatekeeper log.

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