# Quickstart: Cloud 

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## Access to HPC Cloud (short introduction) 

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In order to gain access to HPC Centre Cloud, you should take following steps:

1.  Log in to ETAIS <https://minu.etais.ee> and authenticate with your TalTech UniID credentials via MyAccessID (TaaT and MyAccessID create separate independent accounts, for LUMI MyAccessID is needed)
2. Upload your SSH Public Key to ETAIS Portal.
3. Contact us by email (hpcsupport@taltech.ee), in Teams (HPC Support Chat) or through [Helpdesk](software.md) to be added to a Project.
4. Get familiar with ETAIS documentation [here](https://etais.ee/self_service/).
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## Access to HPC Cloud (long version)

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HPC Centre runs OpenStack-based Cloud. In order to gain access to it, you should take following steps:

1. Log in to ETAIS <https://minu.etais.ee> and authenticate with your TalTech UniID credentials via MyAccessID

    For this the following steps should be done:
    
    1.1 Go to ETAIS <https://minu.etais.ee> and chose 'sign in with MyAccessID.
    
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    1.2 Chose TalTech as identity provider

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    1.3 Log in using your UniID
    
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    1.4 Confirm your data
    
    ![etais-login-4](pictures/etais-login-4.png)  
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    1.5 Fill in the required fields, agree with term of use and press submit button.
    
    ![etais-login-5](pictures/etais-login-5.png)

2. Upload your SSH Public Key to ETAIS Portal. For this go to SSH page.
          
    ![etais-login-6](pictures/etais-login-6.png)  
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    Add your public key (`id_rsa.pub`) to the correcponging field. 
        
    ![etais-login-7](pictures/etais-login-7.png)

    How to get SSH keys can be read [here](ssh.md).
   
3. Contact us by email (hpcsupport@taltech.ee), in Teams (HPC Support Chat) or through [Helpdesk](software.md) to be added to a Project.
4. Get familiar with ETAIS documentation [here](https://etais.ee/self_service/).
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