Getting Access

In order to run containers on TIDE, you will need an account with the National Research Platform (NRP) and you will need to be added to a namespace. A namespace allows its members to share access to containers and data, enabling collaboration.

Creating a National Research Platform Portal Account

The NRP portal will automatically create you an account once you login with your CSU-specific login credentials. Follow these steps to sign into the NRP portal:

1. Navigate to https://portal.nrp-nautilus.io/
2. Click Login in the top right corner
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3. You will be greeted by a CILogon page
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4. Click the dropdown in the Identity Provider section and search for your institution
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5. Click the checkbox for “Remember this selection”
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6. Click Log On
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7. You will be greeted by a login page
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8. Enter your CSU-specific credentials
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9. Click Login
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10. Complete any multi-factor authentication (if prompted)
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11. You should now be redirected to the NRP Portal and you should see your CSU email in the top right corner
    • Note: You may not see as many options in the top navigation, as the screenshot below is from an admin account
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12. Read and accept the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) at the home page
    • Note: You’ll need to re-accept this policy every 12 months to maintain your access
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13. Verify that you’ve agreed to the AUP
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Congratulations! You now have an NRP account and you’re one step closer to running batch jobs on TIDE.

NRP Portal tasks:

1. Peruse the namespaces
   • It may be easiest to use your browser’s find tool (ctrl + f / cmd + f)
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2. Download your kube config
   • You will need to sign in with CILogon again
   • The file should download and you should see the following screen
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   • Open your terminal and run the following command:
     • mkdir ~/.kube
   • Copy your config file into the ~/.kube folder (replace the path below for your config file):
     • cp ~/Downloads/config ~/.kube/config
   • Check to make sure your config file copied successfully:
     • ls ~/.kube

Requesting Access to a Namespace

Now that you have signed into the NRP Portal, the TIDE team can add you to a namespace which will allow you to run containers on TIDE.

Submit the TIDE Support form with the request type as “Namespace Access or Issue”.

After you submit the form a member of the TIDE team will follow up and add you to the desired namespace.

Next Steps

Once you have an NRP account and have been added to a namespace, continue to the batch jobs Getting Started guide to run your first batch job on TIDE.