How to get a CILogon Silver CA certificate from the command line
Intended for:
Linux users who need to get a CILogon Silver CA certificate from the command line.
Scenario/Use case:
This article provides instructions on how to get your CILogon Silver CA certificate from the command line. This certificate is primarily used to submit your grid jobs.
Instructions:
1. Execute the following commands as root:
yum install fermilab-util_kx509
2. If you have kerberos credentials and run "kx509", you should see output like this:
Authorizing ...... authorized
Fetching certificate ..... fetched
Storing certificate in /tmp/x509up_u3382
Your certificate is valid until: Thu Mar 8 13:28:34 2018
3. Your CILogon Silver CA certificate is stored in the standard location expected by grid tools.
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