README.md

ngx_http_voms_module

Description

ngx_http_voms_module is a module for the Nginx web server that enables client-side authentication based on X.509 proxy certificates augmented with VOMS Attribute Certificates, typically obtained from a Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) server.

The module defines a set of embedded variables, whose values are extracted from the first Attribute Certificate found in the certificate chain.

Installation

The generic installation instructions are:

$ cd nginx-x.y.z
$ ./configure --add-module=/path/to/ngx_http_voms_module
$ make && make install

The module is written in C++, using features from C++14 that are supported by gcc v. 4.8.5 (the version available in CentOS 7) enabling the option -std=c++1y (see config.make).

A Docker image is available for use in the context of the StoRM2 project, where the OpenResty distribution is used: