Guillermo, I don't think there exists a webclient for GridFTP, apart from the one that is part of GlobusOnline. And even with GlobusOnline you can't "upload" files. They would have to use GlobusConnect, which they need to install on their desktop machine. GlobusConnect is basically a gridftp server, just bundled up for easy install, without having to worry (too much) about the authentication side of things.
Once that is installed, users can kick off (and monitor) transfers from the GlobusOnline website. Since that will be a 3rd party gridftp transfer it'll be quite fast. But it can introduce a few problems with firewalls and such, since the ports that need to be open are often (in my experience anyway) closed by University/company firewalls. Your mileage may vary though. I guess one could write a webfrontend for gridftp, where users could upload files via http and then the portal would forward the files to the endpoint via gridftp. I implemented a similar solution as a SOAP webservice. But it'd be quite a substantial piece of work. Even if you wouldn't have to worry about how to implement the authentication part. Which you probably would have to do. So, in short: I'd recommend you have a look at GlobusConnect and accept that users need to install something on their desktop machines. Everything else will be a lot of work... Good luck! Markus On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 09:21 +0100, Guillermo Marco Puche wrote: > Hello Steve, > > That seems very interesting. Although I haven't tested deeply Globus > Online. > I'm in need to provide my users a web interface to upload big data > files. I thought then that Globus could be a very good option. Since > it's a tested and trusted system. > But I also thought that web interface in Globus Online was available. > > I think what I really need is a web client for Gridftp, maybe I’m > wrong. I'm a bit confused and I can't really find a tool that covers > my needs. That's why I'm asking. Any guidelines or information about > tools will be appreciated. > > Thank you very much. > > Best regards, > Guillermo. > > On 03/12/2013 06:21 PM, Steve Tuecke wrote: > > > Globus Online is a service that we (University of Chicago) run for the > > research community. It is not software that is distributed for local > > operation, but rather is "software as a service". Use of Globus Online for > > file transfer and synchronization is free. You can sign up through our web > > site, and create your own endpoints on servers with Globus Connect > > Multi-User (https://www.globusonline.org/gcmu/) and on personal computers > > with Globus Connect (available on the dashboard after you login). We are > > just beginning beta testing of additional features for big data sharing > > (https://www.globusonline.org/plus/) that will be available for a modest > > subscription fee in order to help sustain this non-profit service. > > > > Regards, > > -Steve > > > > On Mar 12, 2013, at 4:42 AM, Guillermo Marco Puche > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm new to Globus. I've not been capable to install Globus yet. > > > I'm interested in installing Globus to allow my users to upload big > > > chunks of data. > > > > > > I've been playing around with Globus Online and I like the web interface. > > > Is that web interface being distributed to use it? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Guillermo.
