To use the FGI grid environment, one needs an account on a servers that has a working installation of the ARC miffelware used by FGI. At the Hippu and Vuori servers of  CSC, all the necessary grid middleware is pre-installed. You can install the ARC middleware client to your local server too.

In addition to the grid middleware you need to have your personal grid certificate installed in the server too.

1. Apply for a personal grid certificate. Note that getting the certificate can take some time.

2. After receiving the signed certificate, save it to your home directory on an M-grid cluster:

~/.globus/usercert.pem

3. Log in to the grid from the cluster:

module load nordugrid-arc
grid-proxy-init

You will be prompted for the password (the passphrase in Grid terms) you chose when you created the key.

4. Welcome to the Grid!
You can now use the FGI grid environment with ARC middleware commands.