Objective: Start and connect to an appliance on the IFB cloud
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## Creating an IFB account
1. Access the [**https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/**](**https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/**) website
1. Access the [**https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/**](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/) website
2. On the top right (First) steps with GNU/Linux
Instead of working on your computer where you don't have an Unix-like OS or have limited right, we are going to use the [IFB (Institu Français de bio-informatique) Cloud](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/). For this you will need:
1. Access the [**https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/**](**https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/**) website
2. On the top right of the screen click on <imgsrc="/Users/laurent/Documents/formations/2020_08_UNIX/img/signin_ifb.png"alt="sign in"style="zoom:150%;"/>
3. Then click on 
1. Access the [**https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/**](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/) website
2. On the top right of the screen click on <imgsrc="./img/signin_ifb.png"alt="sign in"style="zoom:150%;"/>
3. Then click on 
4. Use the **Incremental search field** to select your identity provider (CNRS / ENS de Lyon / etc.)
5. Login
6. Complete the form with your **Name**, **First Name**, **Town** and **Zip Code**. You can ignore the other field and click on **accept**.
7. Go to your **Groups** parameters on the top right 
8. Click on  and type **LBMC Unix 2020**
7. Go to your **Groups** parameters on the top right 
8. Click on  and type **LBMC Unix 2020**
9. You can click on the **+** sign to register and wait to be accepted in the group
## Starting the LBMC Unix 2020 appliance
To follow this practical you will need to start the **[LBMC Unix 2020](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/catalogue/appliance/177/) ** appliance from the [IFB Cloud](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/) and click on the  button after login with your account.
To follow this practical you will need to start the **[LBMC Unix 2020](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/catalogue/appliance/177/) ** appliance from the [IFB Cloud](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/) and click on the  button after login with your account.
In the IFB jargon, appliance means **virtual machine** (VM). Remember how a universal Turing machine can run any programs ? A virtual machine, is a simulation program, simulating a physical computer. VM's have the following advantages:
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To access to your appliance you can go to the [**myVM** tab](https://biosphere.france-bioinformatique.fr/cloud/)
**Don't forget to terminate your appliances at the end of the session by clicking on** 
**Don't forget to terminate your appliances at the end of the session by clicking on** 
You will need to start this appliance at the start of each session of this course and terminate it afterward.
The  symbol indicates that your appliance is starting.
The  symbol indicates that your appliance is starting.
## Accessing the LBMC Unix 2020
You can open the **https** link next to the termination button of your appliance in a new tab. You will have the following message
This means that the https connection is encrypted with a certificate unknown to your browser. As this certificate is going to be destroyed when you terminate your appliance, we don't want to pay a certification authority to validate it. Therefore you can safely add an exception for this certificate.