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=== Getting access === | === Getting access === | ||
* Now, to get access to our T2, send us a mail with the following : | * Now, to get access to our T2, send us a mail with the following ('''EVERYTHING IS MANDATORY'''): | ||
* | *# You need to add your promotor/boss in cc | ||
** Add | *# Use your preferred contact email, as it is the one we will keep to contact you | ||
*# Present yourself shortly, with '''AT LEAST''' those informations: | |||
:::* Full Name | |||
:::* University | |||
:::* research group/experiment | |||
:: 4. Add the login name you want to use. If you have a CERN account, it '''needs''' to be the same (even if said account is not enabled anymore). | |||
:: 5. Finally, copy-paste the content of your '''PUBLIC''' ssh key in the mail, in order to have access to our User Interfaces (UIs, or often called the mX machines). To create a pair of ssh keys if you don't have one already, do the following: | |||
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in a shell type: | in a shell type: | ||
> ssh-keygen | > ssh-keygen | ||
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You need to send us the content of id_rsa.pub, which is your public key. The other is your private key and should never be shared. | You need to send us the content of id_rsa.pub, which is your public key. The other is your private key and should never be shared. | ||
Note that if you already have one somewhere else, copying both id_rsa[.pub] files on your computer is fine too. | Note that if you already have one somewhere else, copying both id_rsa[.pub] files on your computer is fine too. | ||
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: | :: 6. [OPTIONAL] If you already have a certificate, please add your DN to the mail. The DN is given by the content of "Identity" when issuing the command voms-proxy-info. | ||
*You need to register to the t2b user mailing-list. This is where we make important announcements to our users. | * '''[IMPORTANT] You need to register to the t2b user mailing-list. This is where we make important announcements to our users.''' | ||
*# Go to the [https://e-groups.cern.ch/e-groups/EgroupsManageOwnerAdmin.do request page] | *# Go to the [https://e-groups.cern.ch/e-groups/EgroupsManageOwnerAdmin.do request page] | ||
*# search for the list beginning with '''belgian-t2-users''' | *# search for the list beginning with '''belgian-t2-users''' | ||
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=== Next Steps === | === Next Steps === | ||
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* If you need a grid certificate, follow this [[Getting_a_certificate_for_the_T2|twiki page]] | |||
** IMPORTANT: you need a grid certificate to be able to write to our mass storage system. | |||
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* Now that you have access to our T2, read the following: | * Now that you have access to our T2, read the following: | ||
*# [[ | *#[[Cluster_Presentation| Presentation of our cluster]] : please have a careful look at this page ! | ||
*# [[LocalSubmission|Local job submission]] | *# [[LocalSubmission|Local job submission]] | ||
*: ... everything else on the [[Main_Page| | *: ... everything else you might need on the [[Main_Page|wiki front page]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:32, 19 April 2018
There are a few steps to gain access to the T2:
- First thing to know: our contact mail is grid_admin AT listserv.vub.ac.be . Please always send mails to this list and not to personnal emails, this way everyone here can respond and keep up-to-date with problems.
Getting access
- Now, to get access to our T2, send us a mail with the following (EVERYTHING IS MANDATORY):
- You need to add your promotor/boss in cc
- Use your preferred contact email, as it is the one we will keep to contact you
- Present yourself shortly, with AT LEAST those informations:
- Full Name
- University
- research group/experiment
- 4. Add the login name you want to use. If you have a CERN account, it needs to be the same (even if said account is not enabled anymore).
- 5. Finally, copy-paste the content of your PUBLIC ssh key in the mail, in order to have access to our User Interfaces (UIs, or often called the mX machines). To create a pair of ssh keys if you don't have one already, do the following:
in a shell type: > ssh-keygen and follow the instructions. The defaults suggested are fine. Just choose a password. this will create 2 files in the following directory: $HOME/.ssh The files are: id_rsa id_rsa.pub You need to send us the content of id_rsa.pub, which is your public key. The other is your private key and should never be shared. Note that if you already have one somewhere else, copying both id_rsa[.pub] files on your computer is fine too.
- 6. [OPTIONAL] If you already have a certificate, please add your DN to the mail. The DN is given by the content of "Identity" when issuing the command voms-proxy-info.
- [IMPORTANT] You need to register to the t2b user mailing-list. This is where we make important announcements to our users.
- Go to the request page
- search for the list beginning with belgian-t2-users
- then hit the button subscribe
- If any of this fails, ask someone to contact the mailinglist admins (or ask them to send a mail to this list with your request)
Next Steps
- If you need a grid certificate, follow this twiki page
** IMPORTANT: you need a grid certificate to be able to write to our mass storage system.
- Now that you have access to our T2, read the following:
- Presentation of our cluster : please have a careful look at this page !
- Local job submission
- ... everything else you might need on the wiki front page