Welcome to IT-GD-ITR (the Bitface world)

This page gives a checklist of things to do when you arrive in IT-GD-ITR.

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Checklist

What / Where / How	Description	How to get/access it
General	Induction information session. Understand computing rules and safety	See induction
User accounts	Email, AFS, NICE, etc.	Follow Account registration, download the user registration form, fill it in and give it to Cath (28-R-009). She can give you a copy of the form too. 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.
Mailing lists	Subscribe to the SA3 mailing list	Go to e-Groups, search for 'project-eu-egee-sa3' mailing list and subscribe to it. Do the same with 'it-dep-gd' and 'it-dep-gd-itr' lists
Computer Security	Have a quick chat with Louis Poncet about security practices in the group, at CERN, and in the grid	Contact Louis.Poncet
Get access to hosts on SA3	For root access and user access	You need an AFS account and a ssh pub/priv key and your twiki account name, Then contact Louis Poncet or Tomasz Wolak (or the person to contact in the i'm away mail).
Certificate	You will need it for all grid activites	Follow the instructions on this Link to get a certificate
Register with the dteam VO	Membership of a VO is required for access to the grid	https://lcg-voms.cern.ch:8443/vo/dteam/vomrs?path=/RootNode Put Nicholas Thackray as your representative.
Virtual Testbed	Is a cluster of machines where you can use to temporarily deploy virtual machines to test certify and integrate.	vNode Quick Start Web Interface For access contact Tomasz Wolak
Physical Testbed	Link - Update with a description. If needed This info is not valid anymore. Please check IT/GT / EMI testbed information.	For access contact Louis Poncet or Tomasz Wolak
Yaim	Get CVS access if appropriate	Contact Maria Allandes Pradillo
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.
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	Cath (28-R-009) will be able to give you an office key
Get access to GGUS	to answer/close GGUS tickets	import you Certificate in you browser and register to https://gus.fzk.de/
Car Access Sticker	If you have a car, you can get a Vignette to allow easier access to the site.	See registration stickers
AFS	To get permissions to read or write to gd/sa3 directories (if needed)	Contact: Louis Poncet or Tomasz Wolak
CVS	To get permissions to read or write on jra1mdw cvs (if needed)	Contact: Andreas Unterkircher
Section meetings	Your opportunity to tell everyone about all the hard work you did in the week	28-R-015 - 14:00 - Wednesdays
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
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
Register your skills	If you are staff you should register your skills in the organisation's db	https://edh.cern.ch/Document/Skills/
Useful links	Some good starting points for self improvement	LCG Directory EGEE Integration Page gLite Page
LHC	Find out about the LHC	LHC Guide