VOMSES(5)

✨ VOMSES(5) — the VOMS server contact table ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to vomses 💖 this is the little file that tells your tools where the VOMS servers live, and honestly it's giving phonebook-but-make-it-grid-computing. it lives in the vomses(5) section of the manual, iykyk.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

/etc/vomses

~/.glite/vomses

🦋 DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes the format of vomses files. vomses files contain contact information for VOMS servers and are typically organized in the /etc/vomses directory. A vomses file is a simple text file which contains one or more lines formatted as follows:

"alias" "hostname" "port" "server DN" "vo_name"

Where:

• alias: an alias that can be used for this VOMS server (this is typically identical to the vo_name)
• hostname: the hostname where the VOMS server is running
• vo_name: the name of the VO served by the VOMS server
• port: the port where the VOMS server is listening for incoming requests
• server DN: the certificate subject of the VOMS server

System wide VOMSES configuration is maintained in the /etc/vomses file or directory. If /etc/vomses is a directory, all the files contained in such directory are parsed looking for VOMS contact information. 🔍

A user can define its custom vomses configuration in the ~/.glite/vomses file or directory, which will be parsed in the same way as just described. yes queen, your own personal override folder, main character energy 💅

🌈 EXAMPLES

The following is an example of valid vomes file for the cms VO:

"cms" "lcg-voms.cern.ch" "15002" "/DC=ch/DC=cern/OU=computers/CN=lcg-voms.cern.ch" "cms"
"cms" "voms.cern.ch" "15002" "/DC=ch/DC=cern/OU=computers/CN=voms.cern.ch" "cms"

look at that, two whole servers for the same VO, we love a backup plan 🫶

💀 BUGS

To report bugs or ask for support, use GGUS: https://ggus.eu/pages/home.php

not me sending you to a whole website but fr fr that's the move if something's broken 🙈

👑 AUTHORS

• Enrico Vianello enrico.vianello@cnaf.infn.it
• Francesco Giacomini francesco.giacomini@cnaf.infn.it

⭐ SEE ALSO

voms-proxy-destroy(1), voms-proxy-info(1), vomsdir(5)

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and that's the whole vibe, bestie 🎀 this was VOMSES(5) from the fine folks at the source/version stamped 2026-10-09 — go forth and slay your grid proxies 💖✨🧚