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If your web browser shows an error when you try to connect to the LZ VOMS server, you may need to install a particular certifying authority certificate in the browser.
If your web browser shows an error when you try to connect to the LZ VOMS server, you may need to install a particular certifying authority certificate in the browser.


1. Download the CA certificate from CILogon. Save this link as a file: https://cilogon.org/cilogon-osg.pem
1. Download the CA certificate from Comodo InCommon IGTF. Save this link as a file: https://www.incommon.org/certificates/repository/igtf-ca-bundle.txt
For reference, it is on the download page http://ca.cilogon.org/downloads in the CILogon OSG CA section, at the link labelled "self-signed PEM-formatted CA certificate".


2. In Firefox, Click on "Options", then "Privacy & Security". Under Certificates, click on "View Certificates". Click on the "Authorities" tab. Click on "Import" to import the PEM file you downloaded in step 1. Check all three "Trust" boxes. Click "OK".
2. In Firefox, Click on "Options", then "Privacy & Security". Under Certificates, click on "View Certificates". Click on the "Authorities" tab. Click on "Import" to import the file you downloaded in step 1. Check all three "Trust" boxes. Click "OK".


3. Make sure that your browser contains a copy of your grid user certificate. Follow the procdedure in step 2, but click on the "Your Certificates" tab and import your p12 file you obtained from the certification authority if the browser doesn't already have it.
3. Make sure that your browser contains a copy of your grid user certificate. Follow the procdedure in step 2, but click on the "Your Certificates" tab and import your p12 file you obtained from the certification authority if the browser doesn't already have it.

Revision as of 20:11, 25 March 2019

If your web browser shows an error when you try to connect to the LZ VOMS server, you may need to install a particular certifying authority certificate in the browser.

1. Download the CA certificate from Comodo InCommon IGTF. Save this link as a file: https://www.incommon.org/certificates/repository/igtf-ca-bundle.txt

2. In Firefox, Click on "Options", then "Privacy & Security". Under Certificates, click on "View Certificates". Click on the "Authorities" tab. Click on "Import" to import the file you downloaded in step 1. Check all three "Trust" boxes. Click "OK".

3. Make sure that your browser contains a copy of your grid user certificate. Follow the procdedure in step 2, but click on the "Your Certificates" tab and import your p12 file you obtained from the certification authority if the browser doesn't already have it.

You should now be able to access https://voms.hep.wisc.edu:8443/voms/lz in your browser.