Preparation of the environment

Prerequisites

  • You have a Slices account

  • You have a basic understanding of the slices CLI

Step 1 - register to the Post 5G beta program

Post-5G experiments are carried out within the SLICES framework, where resources are structured into projects and experiments. Each experiment is associated with a project. As an early adopter of the Post-5G Blueprint Service, you’ll need to join the Post-5G beta program to access this service. To do so, visit https://portal.slices-ri.eu/invite/post5g-beta and log in using your Slices account. Enrolling in the beta program is a manual process that may take up to 1 business day (remember that we are based in Europe), so be sure to check your email!

NOTE: The Post-5G beta program is part of an open data community initiative. By joining, all your actions, code, and data within the program will be shared openly with other members.

NOTE: Once the beta phase ends, you will have the option to create or use your own public or private projects.

Step 2 - setup your environment

After you’re enrolled, you can begin setting up your Post-5G experiment. Log in with your Slices account at the Post-5G Blueprint Service and chose the project on which you want to run the experiment, in this case, select post5g-beta that should appear in the project drop down menu. From there, go to the pos Webshell section. This will open a webshell window. The Webshell comes pre-installed with POS and the SLICES CLI, so no software installation is required on your local machine. We will use this webshell in all our experiments, so make sure to carefully configure it.

Note: There is also an expert mode that uses SSH instead of the web interface, but this is out of the scope of this document.

As you are using the pos Webshell for the first time, hence the Z Shell first-use wizard (ZSh-newuser-install) will prompt you to set up your Z Shell environment. Press 0 to select the default settings, or feel free to customize your environment as you wish.

As you are using the pos Webshell for the first time, you need to register the SLICES CLI by running the following command from the pos Webshell and following the provided instructions. This manual process ensures compliance with local regulations that often require two-factor authentication.

slices auth login

This initialization process is required only the first time you use the service.

You are now ready to run your experiment!