Tutorial or Teaching Labs Trainee HowTo

You are reading this page because you are attending as a trainee a tutorial or teaching lab that requests from you to use Grid'5000.

To use Grid'5000, the first requirement is to get an account.

Case 1: trainee is new to Grid'5000

You never had a Grid'5000 account.

The tutorial or teaching lab manager is in charge of the first steps for the new account creation, and will do the initial registration for you: give your first name, last name, email, affiliation/professional status, etc (as for all other trainees).

Thus, you should either already have received an email or should wait for it.

Here is a sample of such an email:

Subject: [Grid5000-account] Your Grid5000 account was created by ...

Dear Firstname Lastname (username), 

You receive this email because your manager (...) requested a Grid5000
account for you in the context of a tutorial. To get more information about
Grid5000, see the website: http://www.grid5000.fr.

Your login on the Grid5000 platform is: username.

The next two steps for you are now to:

1/ Finish setting up your access to the platform by creating a password and a SSH key.

   To do so, open the following URL:
   https://public-api.grid5000.fr/stable/users/setup_password?password_token=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX#special.

2/ Read carefully the two following pages:

   The Grid5000 getting started documentation (https://www.grid5000.fr/w/Getting_Started),
   which gives important information on how to use the platform.

   The Grid5000 usage policy (https://www.grid5000.fr/w/Grid5000:UsagePolicy),
   which gives the rules that MUST be followed when using the platform. Note that any
   abuse will automatically be detected and reported to your manager.

By following those instructions, once your password and SSH keys are set, your account will be active (only a few minutes may be required for the passwords and the SSH keys to be synchronized to all Grid'5000 sites and servers). You will then be able to access the Grid'5000 platform.

At this point, it may be useful to read the Getting Started tutorial, or to follow any other direction that your tutorial or teaching lab manager may provide you.

	Warning
	Please note that rules must be followed when using Grid'5000, as given is the UsagePolicy, and in the General Conditions of Use.

Case 2: trainee already has a Grid'5000 account

If your account is active and uses the same email address as the tutorial or teaching lab manager will provide for you, the process will just add your current user account to the user group of the lab (you will receive an email informing you about that). You will use your current account for the lab.

Special cases

• If your account is retired:

If you had a Grid'5000 account that is now retired, that account will be re-enabled along being joining the user group of the tutorial or teaching lab.

• If your account is locked:

Instructions will be sent by email and the case will have to be handled by the Grid'5000 staff.

• If the email address associated with your current account differs from the one provided by the tutorial or teaching manager:

Grid'5000 accounts are tied to email addresses. As a result, an account creation request that provides a new email address will create a new account. Unless you really want a separate account, it is recommended to fix the situation by asking the lab manager to redo the initial lab user account creation procedure with the email address of your current account. If not, you will have to use the new account.