LIGO Proxy Utils¶
ligo_proxy_utils provides utilities for generating short-lived X.509
credentials for LIGO.ORG identity holders.
Warning
Support for identity-based X.509 credentials is being dropped. Calls to this utility will stop working on/around 20 May 2025.
For details on this change please see
https://computing.docs.ligo.org/guide/compsoft/roadmap/LVK/x509_retirement/
If you have questions about this message, or its implications, please consider opening an IGWN Computing Help Desk ticket:
Installation¶
The easiest way to install ligo-proxy-utils is with
Conda or Pip:
conda install -c conda-forge ligo-proxy-utils
pip install ligo-proxy-utils
For more details including details for other platforms, see Installing ligo-proxy-utils.
Usage¶
The main user interface is provided by the ligo-proxy-init script.
Simply run:
ligo-proxy-init albert.einstein@LIGO.ORG
replacing albert.einstein with your LIGO.ORG user name.
For full details see ligo-proxy-init.
For more details on LIGO.ORG identities, please see