As a member of only the KAGRA collaboration and LIGO, in the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA or IGWN Consortium, the process of obtaining access to LIGO Data Grid (LDG) clusters is not straight-forward.

  • First of all, follow steps from Eric’s page here if ya have a LIGO account.

  • KAGRA members need to request LDG authentication access using the form available at this link: https://registry.igwn.org/registry/co_petitions/start/coef:25

  • Once you have filled the LDG access form, you should be able to see an option to add your computer’s SSH public key. This option exists in the right-hand side under the heading Authenticators.

  • Create and then upload your computer’s public SSH key to the Authenticators settings, for the LDG key tab.

  • After this, someone at CalTech, or LIGO, needs to manually approve your LDG account request and link your provided username to your . You will receive a confirmation email once that is approved and a home directory with your username has been created.

  • If it has been a little while and you still haven’t received any confirmation email, it may be worthwhile to open a helpdesk ticket and communicate your concern on the mattermost computing help channel. For help regarding how to open a helpdesk ticket, see: https://computing.docs.ligo.org/guide/computing-centres/cit/

Checkout the following Helpdesk Ticket discussions for more details : git.ligo.org/helpdesk/~/7254

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