Login to Helmholtz Cloud and Associated Services via Helmholtz AAI
Helmholtz AAI allows seamless access to a large and growing number of Cloud Services, supported by HIFIS.
The Services are distinguished in:
- Associated Services,
- Helmholtz Cloud Services: The services are accessible through the Helmholtz Cloud Portal (beta).
Exemplary Cloud Service: HIFIS Events Management Platform
As a popular example, the Event Management Platform of HIFIS has recently been made available for all Helmholtz and collaboration partners. It is based on CERN’s Indico tool.
Easy login via your username at your home institute
Like for all Cloud Services, you can use your home institution’s login to use the Events Platform seamlessly.
Unlike some other Indico instances (and the old HIFIS instance), specific Indico accounts are not necessary anymore and also not possible. This is managed via the Helmholtz AAI (Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure).
(As a fallback, a login from, e.g., ORCID, can also be performed. You might also try Github, or Google.)
Click-by-Click: Login to the HIFIS Event Management Platform via Helmholtz AAI
Click to open screenshots for each step.
Open the HIFIS Event Management Platform in your browser: https://events.hifis.net.
Click on Login at the top right.
Click on Helmholtz AAI.
Select your home institution, i.e. the institution where you already have your home account. You can scroll down or use filtering, e.g. helmholtz or desy. The example is about DESY. You have to find your own Helmholtz Centre or institution.
Provide your username, passphrase for your home institution. There is no new password or username required.
Accept data transmissions from your home institution's identity provider (IdP) to Helmholtz AAI, and further to events.hifis.net.
Only if you log in the first time -- Register at Helmholtz AAI.
- Click on Register.
- Please check your name and mail address.
- Read and accept the AAI usage policies.
You may choose to remember your decision, so you won’t be bothered again.
If you later decide otherwise, you can revoke consent and delete stored data here. - Click on Submit.
Continue with normal log-in and enjoy access to to events.hifis.net.
Having problems with login to a Cloud Service?
If you have persisting problems, please contact us at support@hifis.net, providing:
- The exact service (and possibly sub-page) you want to access,
- The exact error your receive,
- The URL / address of the error page,
- The time point of your (failed) login attempt.