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Commit c71de25f authored by Niky Riga's avatar Niky Riga
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Modified the README with portal instructions.

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== Release Notes ==
GCF v2.2.1 and later also supports automatic configuration of omni
for portal credentials. Download the omni bundle from the portal, place
it under ~/Downloads/omni_bundle.zip and run :
omni-configure.py -f portal
for portal credentials.
Look at help for more info.
== omni-configure.py script ==
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and place it under ~/.ssh (~/.ssh/geni_key and ~/.ssh/geni_key.pub).
If the files already exist the user will be prompted about whether to
overwrite them or not. If the user chooses not to overwrite them, a new
location will be picked.
location will be picked. If you are running with a bundle from the portal
it will use the SSH key-pair created by the portal.
This public key is uploaded to any compute nodes that the user reserves
using Omni and gives ssh access to the nodes, through the private key.
* Updates the ssh config file (~/.ssh/config) to use by default the private
key created by the script to login to nodes.
=== Running omni-configure.py ===
omni-configure.py needs only one file as input, the certificate file.
omni-configure.py needs only one file as input, the certificate file, or
the omni bundle file downloaded from the portal
If you have an account with a ProtoGENI site then:
* login to the web UI (e.g. www.pgeni.gpolab.bbn.com, www.emulab.net)
* download and save a copy of the cert under ~/.ssl/geni_cert.pem
* run omni-configure.py
If you have an account at the GENI Portal then:
* login to the portal (e.g. at panther.gpolab.bbn.com)
* under your profile tab, follow instruction about downloading the omni bundle
and save it at ~/Downloads/omni-bundle.zip
* run omni-configure.py -f portal
=== Usage of omni-configure.py ===
Usage:
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