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Chapter 3. Getting in Touch with dCache

Table of Contents

Checking the Functionality
dCache without mounted namespace
WebDAV
dCap
The Web Interface for Monitoring dCache
The Admin Interface
First steps
Access with ssh2
Access with ssh1
How to use the Admin Interface
Create a new user
Use of the ssh Admin Interface by scripts
Authentication and Authorization in dCache
How to work with secured dCache
GSIdCap
SRM
WebDAV with certificates
Files

This section is a guide for exploring a newly installed dCache system. The confidence obtained by this exploration will prove very helpful when encountering problems in the running system. This forms the basis for the more detailed stuff in the later parts of this book. The starting point is a fresh installation according to the the section called “Installing a dCache instance”.