Check-in

EGI Check-in is a comprehensive federated Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution developed in alignment with the AARC Blueprint Architecture (AARC-BPA). It serves as a critical component for enabling secure and seamless access to distributed e-infrastructure services and facilitating collaboration within the scientific research community and across data spaces.

By integrating with EGI Check-in, users can authenticate using their institutional credentials through eduGAIN, removing the need to create additional usernames or passwords. For users without institutional accounts, EGI Check-in supports authentication via alternative identity providers, including social media platforms (e.g., Google, GitHub, LinkedIn, WeChat), research-centric providers (e.g., ORCID), and other community-specific identity providers, such as EGI SSO (Identity Provider of Last Resort) and IGTF X.509 certificates.

EISCAT is a scientific organisation that operates radar antenna sites across Finland, Norway and Sweden, all north of the Arctic Circle. The EISCAT_3D radar system supports research in various fields, but handling the vast amount of data generated poses significant challenges. The EISCAT Data Access Portal offers authentication and authorisation features via the EGI Check-in service. Authorised researchers can browse metadata, select applications, visualise or download analysis results, and analyse data using cloud resources or their own software through online computing.
The EGI CheckIn allows for user registration, authenticated and authorised access to the EISCAT Data Access Portal, and access to the underlying distributed computing infrastructure, including embargoed data. Overall, EGI’s contribution enables EISCAT to meet the challenges of handling large-scale experimental data and advancing research in the fields of atmospheric and ionospheric studies.