The document discusses the features and installation process of the Globus Connect Server version 5.1, focusing on new functionalities such as HTTPS access, POSIX guest collections, and enhanced endpoint administration. It outlines the improvements from version 4.0, including streamlined authentication and a single port for data access. The installation requires downloading the binary, registering the endpoint, and configuring storage connectors.

1. Globus Connect Server Version 5.1
Rachana Ananthakrishnan
rachana@globus.org
Q&A Webinar, June 7 2018

2. Outline
• Globus Connect Server – Version 5.x
– Features and conceptual architecture
• Globus Connect Server – Version 5.1
– Features
– Demo of installation and use
• Q&A

3. Motivation

4. Features
• HTTPS access to storage
• Globus Auth (OAuth2) for authentication and
authorization
• Scale out deployment without shared file system
• Multiple storage systems simultaneously
• Single port for data access
• Improved endpoint administration
• …

5. Globus Connect Server v5
CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE

12. The old and the new for your users
• Host endpoints -> Mapped collections
– Need local account to access data
• Shared endpoints -> Guest collections
– No local account needed for data access, permissions set in Globus
• Find host endpoint to create shared endpoint -> Find
storage gateway to created guest collections
• GridFTP for data access -> GridFTP or HTTPS for data
access

13. As Douglas Adams would say…

14. Version 5 Milestones
v5.0: Google
Drive
v5.1: POSIX guest
collections, HTTPS
v5.2: High assurance
(e.g. HIPAA)
v5.N: includes all
version 4.0 features
v5.3: …
Multi DTN support,
other storage types,
custom identity
providers
…
Other features
v5.1: POSIX guest
collections, HTTPS

15. Globus Connect Server v5.1

16. 5.1 Features
• Multiple storage connectors
– POSIX
– Google Drive
• Guest collections (shared endpoints) only
• HTTPS and GridFTP access to data
• Single DTN install only
• Authentication for data access using only identity
providers used to login to Globus

17. Installation overview
1. Download and install binary
2. Register the new endpoint with Globus Auth
1. Get client id and secret
3. Update configuration and run setup
4. Add connector(s) for storage system(s)
5. Create storage gateways

18. Installation Demo

19. What’s different from V4
• Globus ID is not needed
• Port 443 rather than 2811 used for GridFTP control channel
• Endpoint created using endpoint client identity
– clientid@clients.auth.globus.org
• Each collection is assigned a DNS name in the glob.us
namespace
– E.g. 988c.8540.dn.glob.us
• Certificates are obtained from Let’s Encrypt
• Need to create storage gateway(s) for data access

20. We now have
• An endpoint
– GCSv5.1 Demo Endpoint
– Server configuration,
network use parameters,
etc. can be managed here

21. We now have
• A storage gateway
– GCSv5.1 Data Store
– Policy on who can create
collections, restricted paths
etc can be managed here
• An endpoint
– GCSv5.1 Demo Endpoint
– Server configuration,
network use parameters,
etc. can be managed here

22. User Demo

23. Only use version 5.1 if you need…
• Google Drive support
– Migrate from 5.0 to 5.1
– Contact us for migration documentation
• HTTPS access to data
– with guest collections (shared endpoint)

24. Coming soon…

25. Thank you!
• Documentation
–docs.globus.org
• Version 5 installation guide:
–docs.globus.org/globus-connect-server-v5-
installation-guide/
• Support
–support@globus.org
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–www.globus.org/contact-us