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# Registration and Login (Authentication)

To log in to the openEO platform or related services,
To register for openEO platform,
you usually do not need to pick a username and invent a new password.
Instead, we rely on the authentication service [EGI check-in](https://www.egi.eu/services/check-in/),
provided by the [EGI Foundation](https://egi.eu).
It allows you to login through an **existing account** from either your institution,
or other commonly used services such as Google, GitHub, Facebook or LinkedIn.
It allows you to log in through an **existing account** from either your institution,
or other commonly used (social) platforms such as Google, GitHub, Facebook or LinkedIn.

::: tip Some background on Security & Privacy
This procedure has important advantages for our users:

- Neither openEO platform nor the EGI Foundation see, handle or store your password.
That information is only exchanged directly with your institution or the selected service,
That information is only exchanged directly with your institution or the selected (social) platforms,
to minimize the risk of leaking sensitive credentials.
- openEO platform only retains minimal information about its users,
such as an email address and a few more general attributes.
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continue with [joining openEO Platform](#join-openeo-platform).

Otherwise, please go to <https://aai.egi.eu/signup> to become member of the *EGI User community*.
Please select the institution (recommended) or service you want to login with in the future
Please select the institution (recommended) or the (social) platform you want to log in with in the future
and follow the login procedure.

::: warning Recommendation
We recommend to use your institutional account whenever possible.
Nevertheless, if you are the first member of your institution to work with EGI check-in,
problems may occur and sometimes require your institution's IT team to properly
support EGI check-in through EduGain. For any question ragrding this procedure,
please contact `support <at> egi.eu`.
please contact `check-in <at> egi.eu`.
:::

If you didn't see the list of institutions, you are likely already logged in.
If you didn't see the list of institutions and (social) platforms, you are likely already logged in.
In this case you can simply select *'SIGN UP'*.

Afterward, you will have to complete a small registration procedure to connect your account.
You may have to fill any missing personal information: *Name*, *Email*, *Affiliation* and/or *Organisation*.

You can find more information about the registration procedure in the [EGI Documentation](https://docs.egi.eu/users/check-in/signup/).
If problems occur during this process, you will want to send a support request to `support <at> egi.eu`.
If problems occur during this process, you will want to send a support request to `check-in <at> egi.eu`.

## Join openEO Platform

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Go to the [Terrascope portal](https://terrascope.be) to set up the Terrascope account,
click the '*sign in*' menu item at the top, and pick the *'EduGAIN and social logins'* to log in.
After a one time registration process you should have access to all Terrascope services
using your institution or social media credentials.
using your institution or (social) platform credentials.

## Working with openEO platform

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