
For users (old and new)
I’m new in CTA – what can I do?
If you‘ve just joined the CTA collaboration, you should make sure that the group representative of the institute you work for has added you to the CTA database.
The CTA database is located in SharePoint and it is the starting point of the transmission of your account to the other web services.
If your name and email address are in the database, you will be automatically added to the cta-members@cta-observatory.org mailing list, meaning that you will be informed about major happenings in CTA.
If you need access to the CTA web services (i.e. InDiCo for the meetings, SVN for the repository etc.), you should request an account. In order to do this, you should go to the User Registry located at:
https://cta.cta-observatory.org/web-registry/
The account request procedure will follow in two steps: In the first part you will be asked to choose a user ID (that cannot be changed, please choose something easy to remember, like your family name, or both first and family name, but not your email address!) and some personal details. After this, you will get an email with a link you should follow in order to create a password of your choice and add the institute details. Once you submit, you only have to wait for your request to be approved (this takes usually not more than 24 hours) and then you will get immediate access to the CTA web services.
What do I have access to with my account?
· - The CTA collaboration portal on SharePoint:
https://portal.cta-observatory.org
As a CTA member, you will have access to most of the sub-sites in Sharepoint with reading permissions (meaning you can view everything and download documents). If you need to perform some actions, you should join the respective group with contributing rights (for example, if you’re working on the Atmospheric Calibration within the Central Calibration Facilities you might want to join the group cta-wp-ccf-atmos). Also, you will be automatically added to the corresponding mailing list (in the example cta-wp-ccf-atmos@cta-observatory.org). A list of all available groups can be found on:
https://portal.cta-observatory.org/_layouts/groups.aspx
(click on the list, then on Actions/Join this group. A request will be sent to the person/s responsible for this group or, in some cases, automatically accepted).
· - The meeting page on the InDiCo:
https://indico.cta-observatory.org/
As a CTA member, you will have access to most categories. You can only upload materials to an agenda if you are manager of that meeting or speaker
· - The project management web application Redmine for CTA sub-projects (wiki, ticketing system...); new login procedure after RedMine upgrade to version 4.2.0 on April 7, 2021:
Go to: https://forge.in2p3.fr/account/register and enter the exact same credentials (i.e. log-in, password and email) as for your LDAP account, choose CTA as "The name of the project". Within 24 hours your account will be activated.
including the SVN repository content at:https://forge.in2p3.fr/projects/cta/repository
SVN is the historical and legacy code repository of CTA.
- CTAO provides a gitlab instance, where future software developments will be stored at the address http://gitlab.cta-observatory.org, which can be accessed with the CTA-IT credentials
https://jama.cta-observatory.org/login.req
- You will also be provided with a @cta-consortium.org Microsoft 365 account.
Note: the Microsoft 365 accounts are yet to be created for all CTA members. As a CTA member, you will be informed as soon as your SharePoint account is migrated to Microsoft 365.
With your A1-licensed Microsoft account, you will be able to use:
- Microsoft Teams (both the browser version and the app)
- OneDrive for Business (1 TB, that you can synchronize locally on your computer)
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint etc. in a web-only version (you cannot download the apps).
Please be aware that emails you get to your new account will not be saved, but merely forwarded to the email account you provided to the CTA collaboration
By using this account, you accept the Microsoft privacy settings stated here.
How can I join a mailing list?
The starting point for the mailing lists is again Sharepoint. Each group in Sharepoint corresponds to a mailing list. Join a group, and you will be automatically added to the mailing list:
https://portal.cta-observatory.org/_layouts/groups.aspx
(click on the list, then on Actions/Join this group. A request will be sent to the person/s responsible for this group or, in some cases, automatically accepted).
How do I unsubscribe from a Sharepoint group / mailing list?
Go to the corresponding Sharepoint group on https://portal.cta-observatory.org/_layouts/groups.aspx, choose the group, click on Actions / Leave this group. Everything else will happen automatically.
I will leave CTA. What do I have to do?
You should leave the groups you joined by following the procedure explained at “How do I unsubscribe from a Sharepoint group / mailing list”. As for the membership in CTA, your group representative should add a stop date to your record. According to CTA policy, your name will disappear from the members list from that date on, but you will keep your account for a further year (meaning that you will also receive emails from the cta-members mailing list). This will grant you the possibility to opt-in for the authors’ list in case of a published paper. If you don’t wish to receive emails anymore, please contact cta-support@cta-observatory.org
What do I do if I change institute?
Please ask cta-support@cta-observatory.org to update your personal details in the User Registry on https://cta.cta-observatory.org/web-registry/ and to check if changes in the database are needed.
What if I want to change my personal details?
If you have changed name, affiliation or email address, please ask cta-support@cta-observatory.org to update your personal details in the User Registry at https://cta.cta-observatory.org/web-registry/
I forgot my password, what do I do?
Go to https://cta.cta-observatory.org/web-registry/, click on “Forgot your password?” and follow the instructions.
How do I join the old WiKi?
We strongly recommend not to use the WiKi anymore (use SharePoint instead), but if you need to access it, please ask cta-support for the log-in data
http://cta.cta-observatory.org/ctawpcwiki/