Introduction to APEL in IRIS Accounting Portal by Adrian Coveney
"Explore the resource usage accounting system APEL used by EGI and WLCG, integrated with IRIS for efficient data management. Learn about IAM basics for access to the IRIS Accounting Portal."
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Introduction to APEL Adrian Coveney
Outline Introduction to APEL What is APEL? APEL in IRIS Architecture Central system detail Gaining Access to the IRIS Accounting Portal using IAM IAM basics Logging in and registration Demo
What is APEL? Resource usage accounting system used in production by EGI and WLCG Collects data from resource centres around the world that are used by many different scientific user communities APEL includes the central Accounting Repository service, and client and server software EGI/WLCG Portal provided by partner organisation Used as the basis for the IRIS Accounting Dashboard
APEL in IRIS Dedicated IRIS Accounting Repository using MariaDB with existing APEL repository schemas and software New bespoke Grafana dashboard to explore the data Integrated with IRIS IAM
Architecture Resource Provider Accounting metric sensor AMS Grid/cloud system compatible SSM Resource Providers extract accounting records in a compatible format SSM used for exchanging accounting records via the Argo Messaging Service Loaded into Accounting Repository and aggregated across many variables e.g. site, activity Displayed via a Grafana dashboard Argo Messaging Service (AMS) Accounting S S M Repository Accounting Dashboard
Central system detail Grid system usage Cloud system usage Semi-static data Capacities Allocations Accounting Repository Accounting Dashboard Activities Projects Dashboard configurations
Gaining Access to the IRIS Accounting Portal using IAM Adrian Coveney
IAM basics IRIS IAM provides authentication and authorization to a number of IRIS resources. The primary way of doing this is by creating an account associated with a user s home institution identity. By associating accounts with institutional identities, it ensures that all members have an active affiliation with an IRIS partner at sign-in time.
Logging in and registration 1. Initiate a login and select the eduGAIN button 2. Filter for your institute* and select Sign in with IdP 3. Sign in through home institution* 4. Approve release of information to IRIS IAM* a) Complete registration page b) Read and confirm your agreement to the IRIS IAM AUP c) Wait for admin approval * These steps are possible to skip on next login
Thank you https://accounting.iris.ac.uk https://iris-iam.stfc.ac.uk/help/ apel-admins@stfc.ac.uk
