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# Accessing Whole Tale

In this section you'll learn how to access the Whole Tale platform:

Questions:
* How do I access Whole Tale?
* What am I authorizing Whole Tale to do?

Objectives:
* Learn how to login to Whole Tale using your institutional credentials
* Learn about Globus Authentication and how it is used in Whole Tale

## Introduction

Review the Whole Tale [Terms of Use](https://wholetale.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tos/).

Whole Tale enables researchers to login using credentials from hundreds of research institutions and organizations worldwide as well as ORCID and Google accounts.

## What is Globus and Globus Auth?

Globus is a research data management service used by researchers at hundreds of research institutions based at the University of Chicago. Globus is a popular tool for transferring data in high-performance computing environments.

Globus Auth is one service provided by Globus that makes it easy for developers of research gateways, such as Whole Tale, to enable researchers to access services.

## Activity: Signing in to Whole Tale

Go to https://dashboard.wholetale.org and select "Access Whole Tale":
<img src="images/sign-in/landing_page.png" width=500>

Type some part of the name of your institution such as "Urbana" and then select "Continue"
<img src="images/sign-in/organization_selection.png" width=500>

If you've never accessed Whole Tale, you'll be prompted to authorize Whole Tale to access information about you via Globus Auth. Select "Allow" if you want to access Whole Tale:
<img src="images/sign-in/consent.png" width=500>

A note about what you are authorizing:
* Know who you are (your name)
* Know some details about you (your profile in Globus)
* Transfer files via Globus (We can initiate transfers on your behalf to Whole Tale)
* Know your email address
* View your identities in Globus auth (if you have merged identities)

## Activity: Managing your consents

You can always rescind this consent by accessing the Globus Dashboard.
* Go to https://app.globus.org
* Select Account > Consents > Manage Your Consents
* Select "X" next to Whole Tale

You can always authorize Whole Tale again later.


## Key Points:
* Whole Tale uses Globus Auth to allow researchers to login using their institutional credentials
* You are authorizing Whole Tale to access information about you stored in Globus, but Whole Tale will never see your password
* Globus Auth also allows Whole Tale to transfer data from Globus endpoints to Whole Tale on your behalf
* You can always rescind your consent

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