Executive Summary: A person needs to register with a community in order to use services and resources.
No effort or changes are proposed at this time.
Component | User facing? | Component’s role in the capability |
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Kerberos | no | The XSEDE Kerberos service manages passwords for all registered XSEDE users and provides the password authentication service on which XSEDE's Identity and Access Management is based. |
XSEDE Central Database (XCDB) | no | The XSEDE Central Database (XCDB) stores all XSEDE user profile information (usernames, full names, email addresses, organizational affiliation, etc.) except for each user's XSEDE password. |
yes | The XSEDE User Portal (XUP) is the primary web interface for XSEDE and it provides the user interface for registering with XSEDE. |