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  1. A new user has to create an account using ‘Create account’ link on top right-hand corner of the gateway top banner.
  2. To create an account;
    1. Please enter User information and submit.
    2. Important;
      1. Username cannot have spaces.
      2. Username & password must be longer than 5 characters.
      3. Password need to at least have (a) one lower case letter (b) one upper case letter (c) one number (d) One special character from !@#$%
      4. Enter all the mandatory fields indicated by a star; *.
    3. Account creation page
      1. Link:https://testdrive.airavata.org/create
      2. Create User Account Page

    Image I - Create Account

  3. Account activation;
    1. The user will receive an email upon creating the account in the provided email box to confirm the account creation is real. User needs to click the link and login to the gateway using the username and password.
    2. When the user account is first created it is not active; user cannot submit jobs to resources. Gateway admin has to activate the user account after validating each user request for a gateway account.
    3. Gateway user will receive account activation email.
    4. If already logged in to , the gateway user need to log out and log-in again.

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  1. Navigation 'Project --> Browse' from the main menu.
  2. Search keys are;
    1. Project Name
    2. Project Description
  3. Browse Project page;

    Image III - Browse Project

  4. After selecting the search by key, the user has to give  a value to search using the selected key. Click on Search.
  5. User can search for all projects by using (*) as a wild character. The * can be used when searching either optionsoption; Project name or description.
  6. When projects are listed by clicking ‘View’ at the end of the row user can navigate to ‘Project Summary’ page. 
  7. In 'Project Summary' all experiments created under the project will be listed.

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  1.  Navigation to experiment creation page Main Menu --> Experiment --> Create Experiment
  2. Create Experiment Page - Experiment Information

    Image VI - Create Experiment

  3. First enter/select given fields;
    1. Experiment Name (Mandatory)
    2. Experiment Description (Optional)
    3. Project (Select from the available LOV)
    4. Application (Select from the available LOV)
    and click ‘Continue’. At this point, the user can clear any entered fields by clicking ‘Reset Values’ before continuing.
  4. Then continue entering Application configuration information.
    1. Experiment application input (Mandatory) - Application input can be in the form of entering data or uploading required input files.
      NOTE: Uploading file validity is not checked by the gateway. User has the responsibility of uploading correct files.
    2. Compute Resource (select from the available LOV. If the application is existing in a single resource, it will be the default value)
    3. Queue (a default value will be taken if not changed by the user)
    4. Node Count (If not entered default value will be taken as the input)
    5. Total Core Count (If not entered default value will be taken as the input)
    6. Wall Time Limit (If not entered default value will be taken as the input)
    7. Total Physical Memory (If not entered default value 0 will be taken as the input)
      NOTE: For some compute resources, above default values will not be correct. User needs to change the node count in such cases.
  5. Create Experiment - Application Configuration Part

    Image VII - Create Experiment Contd..

  6. While entering application configurations user can start over from the beginning using ‘Start Over’ button.
  7. Once saved or saved and launched user will be directed to ‘Experiment Summary’ page; from summary page can monitor experiment status changes.
  8. Experiment Summary Page

    Image IX - Experiment Summary

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