a-create-accounts.md

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+# Part A - Creating the Necessary User Accounts
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+Some steps in this tutorial will require you to allow **restricted** external access to the data on your node.
+For that purpose, in this part of the tutorial you will create two user accounts on your node:
+* an account to be used by the central RECAP node to retrieve your data dictionaries and summary statistics. These will be used to feed the central RECAP catalogue;
+* an account to be used by the team that will be performing DataSHIELD analysis for the WP7 demo project.
+
+> **NOTE**  
+None of these accounts will be able to access individual-level data on your node. Only data dictionaries and summary statistics will be available to them once you explicitly grant them access (this will be done in the remaining parts of this tutorial).
+
+## 1. Create a New Account for the Central Node
+**1.1.** Use a web browser to navigate to your node's home page.  
+**1.2.** Click on the `Authentication Server` (Agate) icon, as shown below.  
+    ![agate](uploads/agate.png)  
+**1.3.** Log into the Authentication Server.  
+**1.4.** On the top bar, click on `Users` > `Add User`.  
+**1.5.** Fill in the form as shown in the image below (make sure to use the same information displayed in the image).  
+    ![central_node_acc_1](uploads/central_node_acc_1.png)  
+**1.6.** Fill in the `New password` field with a secure password of your choosing.  
+**1.7.** Click `Save`.
+
+## 2. Create a New Account for the DataSHIELD Analysis
+**2.1.** Repeat the steps in the previous section to create a second account. All fields are the same, except for the user name, e-mail and password. For these fields, please use:  
+* User Name: `wp7_demo`  
+* Email: `???`
+* Password: a secure password, different from the one used for the central node account
+
+## 3. Inform the WP4 Team (IMPORTANT!)
+Despite having been created, the two new accounts do not yet have access to anything on your node. As you progress through this tutorial, you will learn how grant these accounts a specific level of access to specific data.  
+For now, please inform WP4 that you have created the accounts.
+
+**3.1.** Send an e-mail to [recap-dev@inesctec.pt](mailto:recap-dev@inesctec.pt) with the following information:  
+* The URL of your node
+* The usernames and passwords of the two new accounts
+
+> **NOTE**  
+None of these accounts will be able to access individual-level data on your node. Only data dictionaries and summary statistics will be available to them once you explicitly grant them access (this will be done in the remaining parts of this tutorial).
+
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+Proceed to [Part B](b-import-data)