Accounting

Accounting Service

NI4OS accounting service is available at https://accounting.ni4os.eu/

NI4OS Login

You will be able to login using your NI4OS credentials by using the NI4OS Login button. In order to be able to use the service, you also need to be a member of a virtual organization. If you attempt to use the service without such membership, you will get an error message with instructions on how to join a VO.

Getting Resource Key

Once you have an account and you have been approved by the accounting admin, you can get your resource key by going to RESOURCES tab and choosing the appropriate resource type, for instance choosing HPC. Then you can see a config button on your HPC system row. Once you click it you can see the resource key.

Submitting HPC Data

There are two ways to submit your data to the accounting service: using the REST API or deploying the accounting clients that are provided for you.

Using REST API

You can post data by making a post request using the parameters available at https://accounting.ni4os.eu/apidoc. You will need your resource key and the post body needs to be an array of JSONs in the same format given in the API page.

Using The Clients

You can also use the accounting clients at https://accounting.ni4os.eu/apiclients. The installation steps for each of those are shown on the same page.

Submitting Cloud and Storage Data

You can submit Cloud or Storage data by going to RESOURCES tab and chose cloud or storage and then clicking on the add data button on your HPC name row.

• You can also again use the REST API to post data with the parameters available at https://accounting.ni4os.eu/apidoc.