Welcome to IT-SDC-ID

This page gives a checklist of things to do when you arrive in IT-SDC-ID

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Things you should do

General	Induction information session. Understand computing rules and safety	See induction (applies to staff and fellows)
User accounts	Email, AFS, NICE, etc.	Your computer accounts should be ready, call 77777 for the password. Then you can go to http://cern.ch/cernaccount. Do the New users: Security Training and Computing Rules and change your password.
User AIS account	Potential AIS problem	It may happen that the AIS password is not correctly synchronized with the general password (Email, AFS, NICE, etc.). In this case you must contact the AIS technical support (ais.support!NOSPAM@cernDOTch) and request that your AIS password be reset.
Certificate	You will need it for all grid activites	Follow the instructions on this Link to get a certificate
Savannah	You'll need access to our bug and patch tracking system - register	https://savannah.cern.ch/account/register.php
TWikiRegistration	Register for Read-Write access to the Twiki pages	Fill the form out at TWikiRegistration
Phone entry in IT phone book	Standard entry for mail and phone	Check if it is correct at http://consult.cern.ch/xwho . If not, contact the IT secretariat (31 2-017)
Keys	Keys for your office	The IT secretariat (31 2-017) should have given you information about how to collect your key (check your documents)
Get access to GGUS	to answer/close GGUS tickets	import you Certificate in you browser and register to https://gus.fzk.de/
Section meetings	Your opportunity to tell everyone about all the hard work you did in the week	Room 31-S-023 - 10:00 - Mondays (http://map.web.cern.ch/map/building?bno=31)
Register with the dteam VO	Membership of a VO is required for access to the grid	https://voms.hellasgrid.gr:8443/vo/dteam/vomrs Put Steve Traylen as your representative.
Subscribe to LCG-ROLLOUT	See what's happening on the grid at large - you can learn a lot from these discussions	https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=LCG-ROLLOUT&D=0&m=7555
LHC	Find out about the LHC	LHC Guide
SVN	To get permissions to read or write to our SVN (if needed)	Contact: Ricardo Rocha
Car Access Sticker	If you have a car, you can get a Vignette to allow easier access to the site.	See registration stickers

If you're new to grid computing

User guide	Read it all	gLite user guide - Link
Get on the grid	Start using the grid, submit a job, register (and delete) a file	Log onto lxplus to get started. The UI is described here
Useful links	Some good starting points for self improvement	LCG Directory gLite Page

Things you may need to do (if your supervisor tells you)

What / Where / How	Description	How to get/access it
Machine Room	For physical access to systems	Go to EDH-Other Tasks-Access Request and ask for "CC 513 - MACHINE ROOMS - LONG TERM (CC513L)" Put "physical access required for system installation and maintenance" as the justification.
Get access to group infrastructure	For root access and user access	You need an AFS account and a ssh pub/priv key and your twiki account name. Then contact Tomasz Wolak
Get access to the testbed Virtual Organisation	For testing purposes	Contact Tomasz Wolak
Physical Testbed	EMI testbed	For access contact Tomasz Wolak