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.

Join the ddm listserv

Group meeting announcements are sent to the ddmgroup@lists.physics.wisc.edu listserv. New members will be added to this.

Getting Started

Standard instructions for getting set up with these accounts and learning more about the experiments

• MiniCLEAN
• Ricochet
• LZ