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