====== Requesting an account ======

To request an account, please send an e-mail to <coka-admin@fe.infn.it> with Subject: "Account Request", using your institutional e-mail address, specifying in the mail body your //Name// and //Surname// (plus Name and Surname of your supervisor if applicable), attaching your //public ssh-key// and giving a brief description of the resources you expect to use/need (e.g. CPUs/GPUs, software, number of jobs, length of jobs, etc.) and what you need them for. Please see below how to generate a ssh-key for your system. 

<WRAP center round info 80%>
In the COKA Cluster we do not use passwords, users authentication is managed by **Public-key authentication**. To know how the login process will be managed see: [[users:login|Cluster Login]] or in general to have more information on Public-key authentication: [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Keys]]
</WRAP>

<WRAP center round info 80%>
The e-mail you use to request the account will be added to a **mailing-list** which will be used only by the COKA Cluster administrators to inform users about the Cluster status (e.g. Shutdowns due to maintenance, hardware failures, newly installed software, ecc...)
</WRAP>