====== Request Access to Cloud@ReCaS ======

===== Acknowledgments =====
**We thank to the INFN-Bari Department for their continuous support and collaboration, and for the resources they are making available to us on the ReCaS Data Center cloud infrastructure.**

===== How to request access to SDDS_CNAF resources on Cloud@ReCaS infrastructure=====

In order to use the cloud resources one needs to register using the registration-form available at: https://www.recas-bari.it/index.php/it/recas-bari-servizi/richiesta-credenziali 
  - add e-mail address:\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:screen_shot_2017-11-22_at_12.04.55.png?500 }}
  - add your info, mentioning as "Persona di Riferimento" - //Davide Salomoni// or //Doina Cristina Duma//:\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:richiesta_registrazione_recas_1.png?500 }}
  - select the type of service as in the image bellow:\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:screen_shot_2017-11-22_at_10.43.18.png?500 }}
  - choose the authentication method, specify the tenant **"SDDS_CNAF"** without adding info on the quantity of resources requested:\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:screen_shot_2017-11-22_at_10.54.16.png?500 }}
  - download, sign the ReCaS AUP and upload it together with a copy of your ID-card:\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:screen_shot_2017-11-22_at_11.12.30.png?500 }}
  - send the request, and wait for the confirmation e-mail:\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:screen_shot_2017-11-22_at_12.29.18.png?500 }}
  - activate your account:\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:screen_shot_2017-11-22_at_12.29.54.png?500 }}\\ {{ strutture:cnaf:cnaf_rd:cloud_cnaf:users_corner:screen_shot_2017-11-22_at_12.34.48.png?500 }}
  - when receiving the confirmation of account activation connect to the OpenStack Dashboard at: http://cloud.recas.ba.infn.it/horizon/




===== **IMPORTANT NOTE** =====

  * **Please limit as much as possible the use of public IPs**

===== How to access the Cloud VMs with private IPs =====

  * The access to cloud VMs using **private IPs** is done through a VPN - info on how to install a VPN-client and connect to this VPN are available at https://www.recas-bari.it/servizi/guide/it/VPN.html