2016 04 11 CyVerse Training Day - EMBL-ABR

Required Workshop Prep

1. CyVerse Account

• Get your free account at http://user.iplantcollaborative.org/ . Please register with an institutional email account as only this will give you access to the CyVerse cloud service Atmosphere (see next bullet).

2. Atmosphere Access

• Once you have your account, go to http://user.iplantcollaborative.org/ and log in. Under "Apps and Services," scroll down to  "Available Services" and request access to Atmosphere. Indicate that you are attending a workshop when you are asked for justification. (This will only be granted if you registered for CyVerse using an institutional account; see above.)

3. Laptop

Please bring your own WiFi enabled laptop to the workshop. Make sure your laptop has the following:

• Internet Browser: Please have an up-to-date web browser - We strongly recommend Firefox or Safari
• Data Store: Download and install iCommands (iCommands for your OS)
• VNC Viewer: Download the DMG (for MAC) or exe (for PC) (http://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/)
• Windows Users only: Download and install PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html)
• Download Cyberduck: Using Cyberduck for Uploading and Downloading to the Data Store - Installing and Configuring Cyberduck

4. Pre-Workshop Guide and Homework

• Download and complete the exercises in the PRE-WORKSHOP PACKET to get the most out of the workshop.
• Complete this Pre-Workshop Survey
• Note (4/9): The wiki instructions for iCommands are not rendering properly. If you are setting up iCommands, you will need the following info when prompted.

Instructional Materials

You can download a copy of the workshop packet (CyVerse Toolkit) to follow along:

 Download Workshop Packet

Workshop Program (DAY 1)

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