Access and Accounting¶
Users at CSCS typically have one account that can be used to access all services at CSCS.
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Multi Factor Authetification (MFA)
A guide to setting up and using MFA.
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Getting Access
A project is required to get access to resources on Alps. Instructions on how to submit a project proposal is available on the main CSCS web site.
There are different ways to authenticate your identity in order to access services at CSCS, using a password set by the user. Currently users can be authenticated with:
- Classic ssh with CSCS username/password, and also with ssh-keys
- CSCS username/password on different web services. Sessions can be independent from each other so, signing into one service does not necessarily sign the user into another one
- CSCS username/password on a Single Sign-On gate, which once the user is authenticated, can move between services (connected to this gate) without signing in again
- Username/password from an external institution, provided that his/her CSCS account has been "linked" to that external identity beforehand and the service uses the Single Sign-On gate
Single Sign-On¶
Most services at CSCS are connected to the CSCS Single Sign-On gate. This gives users the comfort of not having to sign in multiple times in each individual service connected to this gate and increases security. Furthermore, the Single Sign-On gate allow users to recover their forgotten passwords and authenticate using a third-party account. The login page looks like