Creating an Emulator/CMULab Account
Setting up an account is a three step process:
- Get account approval: The principal investigator for your
project should contact Peter Steenkiste at prs@cs.cmu.edu to
request an account. Please provide some background on your
project and the names of the people who will need accounts. If
the emulator will be used for course projects, the instructor will
typically get approval on behalf of the entire class After you or
your advisor/instructor have heard back from Peter Steenkiste, you
should move on to the second step.
- Establish a CMUlab account:
- Go to http://boss.cmcl.cs.cmu.edu
and complete the registration form by clicking the Request
Account icon on the left. Follow the "Join an Existing Project"
link.
- Enter "emulator" for the project name and group
name. If you overlook this step, your account will not
be configured for emulator access! You can upload your ssh key
later.
- You should receive an e-mail confirmation message from
"Testbed Approval" within a day. If you don't, please contact
emulator-help@cs.cmu.edu.
- Log in to http://boss.cmcl.cs.cmu.edu/
using your account to complete the account request process.
- You account will need to be approved for emulator access
specifically. This is a human-in-the-loop process and may take
some time. Pester us if you haven't heard back in several
day.
- After your account is ready, test your login by visiting the CMULab "boss"
website and clicking on "Log in". After login, visit your
profile (use the "Profile" tab on the top of the screen and the
"Edit Profile" link on the left) to ensure that your personal information is
correct. Please also set your login shell to bash using
that interface - some emulator scripts will not work with other
shells. Your emulator account has now been established. The next
step is to configure your emulator
account so you can start running experiments.