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How to Get Access

Access to MetaCentrum Cloud is granted to users with active accounts in one of the following identity federations:

  • EINFRA CESNET,
  • LIFESCIENCE AAI*.
  • EGI Check-in*,
  • DEEP AAI*.

Users from the Czech academic community should always use the EINFRA CESNET identity provider, unless instructed otherwise by user support. Identity providers marked with * should only be used by international communities with explicitly negotiated resource allocations.

MetaCentrum Cloud provides the following ways for allocating resources

  • personal project,
  • group project.

Personal Project

A personal project goal is to gain cloud environment knowledge.

Caution

A personal project resource allocation quotas are fixed and cannot be changed.

Personal projects are available automatically to all users of the Czech e-infrastructure for science, development, and education.

To register, follow the instructions for registration in the MetaCentrum VO.

Personal projects are intended as a low-barrier entry into the infrastructure for testing and exploration of features. Any serious resource usage requires the use of a group project, see below.

The following already established terms and conditions apply:

Group Project

Notice

Preferred way to request new GROUP project is through this online application form: https://projects.cloud.muni.cz/

Group projects are the primary resource allocation unit for MetaCentrum Cloud. Any user or a group of users requiring a non-trivial amount of resources must request a group project using this form and provide the following basic information:

  • name of the project,
  • purpose of the project,
  • contact information,
  • amount and type of requested resources,
  • impact would the service have on unavailability for 1h, 1d, 1w,
  • estimated length of the project,
  • access control information (info).

Increase Quotas for Existing Group Project

To request quota increase or access to particular flavor, please use this form.

Get Access Control Information

Access control is based on information provided by the selected identity federation and is presented in the form of a VO name and, optionally, a group name. Every user with an active membership in the specified VO/group will have full access to all resources of the requested group project. Membership is managed with tools provided by the selected identity federation, in a self-service manner.

If you already have VO/group, and already using services provided by the CESNET e-Infrastructure e.g. MetaCentrum, Data Care, or you represent a project internal to Masaryk University, please visit OpenID Connect User Profile according to your federation:

and provide us with information that you see on the page. That is going to be access control information.

If you don't have VO/group or you know nothing about it, please contact the MUNI Identity Management team to create a new group within the Unified Login service.

In the request, describe that you need a group for accessing MetaCentrum Cloud and provide the following information:

  • Project/group name
  • Project members

After creating a group, you will be provided with a graphical interface for managing group members within the Perun system. And you will be able to make further adjustments to the member list on your own.

Last update: January 17, 2024