Installing Java CoGKit

Installing Java CoGKit

To follow the Java API and Message Passing Interface (MPI) tutorials you will need to have a Linux machine with Globus and the Java CogKit installed. The Java CogKit can be downloaded from the the CoGKit website. You need to already have Globus installed on your machine, along with your certificates and the CA certificate in your .globus directory.

1. register your interest on the download page (select cog-jglobus 1.2 as the software)

2. download the binary tar.gz file for the cog-jglobus 1.2

3. The basic installation of the CoGKit is trivial in that all that is needed is to uncompress the package into the correct directory

     cd /usr/local
    tar -xvzf ~/cog-1.2-bin.tar.gz

4. Change directory to the CogKit installation:

    cd cog-1.2-bin.tar.gz

5. run the setup script

    bin/setup

This will run a configuration wizard which will prompt you for the location of your user certificate, private key, and CA certificates.  The wizard will create a configuration file required by the Java CoG Kit tools and programs. After the wizard completes the configuration process, you will be ready to use the Java CoG Kit.