Accounts and Registration
First Steps for New Users
1. Getting a Computing Account - You will need an account for logging into login.hep.wisc.edu. Please contact Kim Palladino so she can request a new hep account (if you don't already have an account) and enroll you as a member of the ddm (direct dark matter) group for privileges. You need to wait for final approval that will be done by the administrators, wait up to a day especially on weekends. When they approve the account and/or membership request, you will get a notification email.
- General information about physics computing accounts can be found here.
2. Connecting to Physics Department Login Servers -
To access storage at Wisconsin
ssh username@login02.hep.wisc.edu
- OR
ssh username@login.hep.wisc.edu
- OR
ssh username@lzlogin.hep.wisc.edu
Depending on what you are working on.
From Windows you will need cygwin or putty. More information is available at SSH Access.
3. Access to the Grid - For new members working on
- MiniCLEAN or Ricochet
- 1. request an OSG (Open Science Grid) user certificate (instructions here).
- You don't need to register with a VO. When you request your certificate, specify the GLOW VO.
- LZ
- 1. request an OSG (Open Science Grid) user certificate (instructions here).
- 2. register with the LZ VO.
--In summary--
- MiniCLEAN and Ricochet users - follow the instructions under the section "How to get a Grid User Certificate" .
- LZ users - follow the instructions under the section "How to get a Grid User Certificate" and under the section "How to register your Grid Certificate in the LZ VO" .
Access and Accounts
All members should have the following global accounts.
Indico
To access our meeting pages:
- 1. complete this Indico account creation form.
- 2. after submitting the form, you will get a confirmation email that contains a link that you need to click to activate your account.
- 3. finally, you must contact Kim Palladino to add you to the LZ group.
UW Slack
Get a local slack account. An email invite will be sent to new members. Our slack channel is located here.
Local mailing list
New members will be added to the local mailing list. Group meeting announcements are sent to the ddmgroup@lists.physics.wisc.edu listserv.
Getting Started
Standard instructions for getting set up with these accounts and learning more about the experiments