How to Get Access

Access Conditions

Creating an e-INFRA CZ Account is open to all members of the academic community in the Czech Republic exclusively for research purposes.

e-INFRA CZ Access Terms and Conditions

Service-specific access conditions

Aside from the general access conditions mentioned above, individual e-INFRA CZ sub-services may have additional specific conditions. Please check these at the service registration pages.

How to Apply for the First Time

Your e-INFRA CZ Account is typically created automatically when you register for your first service provided by e-INFRA CZ operators. You can create your account in advance, but you’ll still need to register for access to specific services.

Registration to e-INFRA CZ to access OwnCloud or webconference, for example.
Registration to MetaCenter to access Grid, Cloud and Kubernetes services.
Registration to IT4I to access Supercomputer.
Registration to SensitiveCloud.

During registration, authentication via your home organization account (e.g., university credentials) is required. Later, you can continue to access e-INFRA CZ services using these same credentials.

Later, you can access your account and services in the same way.

Access using additional accounts

You may add credentials from other organizations you’re affiliated with, including social providers like Google, ORCID, or Czech MojeID, to access your e-INFRA CZ Account.

Credentials

By default, your e-INFRA CZ account does not require new credentials. However, some services may ask for a dedicated e-INFRA CZ username and password. You will be prompted to create these credentials the first time you access such a service.

Once created, the same credentials will be used across all services that require them. You can manage them anytime via the e-INFRA CZ User Profile.

Compliance With Access Conditions

Your affiliation with an academic organization (and thus your compliance with access conditions) is usually verified automatically during service registration or upon access.

Periodic renewal of account compliance may be required.

If compliance cannot be automatically verified due to the home organization’s limitations in providing data, service operators may request additional steps individually.

Users’ Duties

According to the amendment of Act No. 130/2002 Coll., governing the reporting of R&D results achieved using large research infrastructures (LRIs), e-INFRA CZ users are required to comply with the following obligations:

Include mandatory acknowledgements in related publications.
Correctly attach e-INFRA CZ as a large research infrastructure source in R&D results.

The acknowledgements and proper reporting procedures allow the ongoing provision of advanced computing resources to the academic and research institutions in the Czech Republic.

Mandatory Acknowledgment Text in Publications

Your publications must include the following acknowledgement: Czech version

Tato práce byla podpořena Ministerstvem školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
České republiky prostřednictvím e-INFRA CZ (ID:90254).

English version

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of
the Czech Republic through the e-INFRA CZ (ID:90254).

Attachment of e-INFRA CZ to R&D Results Generated Using This LRI

When entering your R&D results related to e-INFRA CZ into your organization’s system for export to RIV, please select “e-INFRA CZ research infrastructure” from the financial resource code list.

If unavailable, request your system administrator to add the following information:

LRI name: e-INFRA CZ
Implementation period: January 1st 2023 - December 31st 2026
LRI Number/code: 90254
Type of LRI funding for RIV: J – Large Research Infrastructure
Funding provider: MEYS
Programme: LM – Large Research Infrastructure projects for R&D&I
Principal Investigator: Ing. Jakub Papírník

e-INFRA CZ offers two primary authentication methods for web-based services:

Log in with Home Organization Account

Typical login steps are:

Attempt to access the desired service.
Prompted to log in.
Select your home organization from the list of organizations.
Redirected to your home organization’s login form.
Enter your home organization’s credentials (your home login and password).
Upon successful login, you are redirected back to the initially requested service.

Alternatively, You can choose the “e-INFRA CZ password” option from the list of organizations and log in via your login and password, if available. When logging in with e-INFRA CZ credentials, affiliation with your home organization can’t be verified; as such, compliance cannot be confirmed. So, you’ll need to use the home organization login method periodically to renew your account.

Limitation of available options

Each individual service may limit available identity providers (organizations, credential types). Some options may not always be available, depending on specific service rules.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Security tip: Enhance your account security by activating MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication). This adds verification through a registered MFA token during the login process.

TBD link

Certain services require an explicit e-INFRA CZ username and password.
The credentials are defined upon the first service requiring them and shared across required services.
These credentials can be managed via your e-INFRA CZ User Profile.

Non-Web Services

Non-web services typically authenticate via login/password, Kerberos, or SSH keys. Please take a look at the respective service documentation for precise instructions.

Personal Account and Password Changes

Your account and access to services are managed by e-INFRA CZ AAI (Perun system). Account properties, settings, and passwords are conveniently managed through the e-INFRA CZ User Profile.

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