PlatformHow to get Access

How to get Access

CERIT-SC Kubernetes platform and Rancher UI is available to all users that accept the following terms and conditions.

Terms and conditions

Usage rules

Access to Kubernetes platform, Rancher UI, and other related Web services is granted free of charge only to members of academic/non-commercial institutions of the Czech Republic with research and/or education objectives. If you are interested in using our infrastructure for commercial research, please contact us to discuss whether that particular research project can be conducted in e-INFRA CZ.

These services are available on a “best effort” basis. The operator strives to maintain the availability and security of the service, with essential services run in high-availability mode and automatically monitored. Support is available during normal working hours.

For full description of the service see full text of the terms of use.

Account prolongation

The user account expires annually on the 2nd of February. By the end of December/beginning of January users are noticed to ask for account prolongation.

If the account is not prolonged till 2nd February, it expires. The data, login and username still exist, however, and can be reactivated upon request. After 4 years of grace period the expired account is deleted together with all its data.

Acknowledgements and publications

The user is obliged to use the following acknowledgement formula in all your publications created with the support of MetaCentrum, CERIT-SC, and/or Elixir CZ. Please fill in citations of your publications in our system, you will get privileged access to all resources of MetaCentrum, CERIT-SC, and/or ELIXIR CZ centre as a bonus.

Acknowledgement formula for the service:

Computational resources were provided by the e-INFRA CZ project (ID:90254),
supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

In addition to the acknowledgement in the publication, do not forget to add the project number ID:90254 for e-INFRA CZ during the export of publication to the RIV system.

Account

A Metacentrum account is required to use this service, unless a special exception is negotiated.

How to apply for the first time

For general information see MetaVO pages concerning application and account management.

Password change

You can change your password through this form.

Account prolongation

You can prolong your account through this form.