Accessing the Science Gateway
Types of Authentication Accounts and Grid Certificates Requirements
You can access to the Science Gateway by choosing between 2 types of authentication accounts giving different access rights:
● A simple, limited account, using a Liferay-local account, that allows to access and use the Knowledge-base and follow Science Gateway-related news. This account does not allow you to access the Science Gateway nor all the N4U tools. Login using local limited account
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● A full-featured account, handled by the N4U CAS SSO, allowing users to access the Knowledge-base, the Science Gateway and all tools and applications interacting with the SOA and Grid infrastructure. Login using a premium full-featured neuGRID4you account
The Grid access requires that users own their personal Grid certificate; the certificate is only used occasionally to create a username-password that will be used later to login into CAS and uploading a Grid proxy to the neuGRID4you MyProxy. This username will be mapped with the corresponding Grid proxy, and services will be able to interact with the Grid on behalf of the user.
The Science Gateway will be continuously developed but already offers a wide variety of tools allowing users to learn how to use the platform and applications for their research, helping them discover new knowledge using a set of tools leveraging the technical background required to interact with the powerful low level SOA, Grid infrastructure and applications provided by N4U.