Re: [Opaltoolkit-users] Accessing opal over https

[Luca C. <lcl...@uc...>]

Jennewein, Douglas M wrote:
> I need to access our opal services over https, but am unable to do so.  
> I’ve tried this with the sample java client and the perl client.  Here 
> is the output I get when trying to invoke a service with the generic 
> service client:
> 
>  
> 
> [root@rio opal]# java edu.sdsc.nbcr.opal.GenericServiceClient -l 
> https://rio.usd.edu/opal/services/GeneSeqer -r getAppMetadata
> 
>  
> 
> Reading command line arguments
> 
> Service URL: https://rio.usd.edu/opal/services/GeneSeqer
> 
> Invoking operation: getAppMetadata
> 
>  
> 
> HTTPS protocol handler registered
> 
>  
> 
> Required property X509_USER_PROXY not set
> 
>  
> 
> The sample clients connect fine over http, but http is not available 
> from the location that needs access to the services – only https is.  Is 
> it possible to configure opal to respond to requests over https?
> 
>  
> 
Dear Doug,
we support GSI security which is https with also client side 
authentication.
You can find a guide here:
http://nbcr.net/software/opal/docs/1.9/security.html

Sincerely,
Luca