The DIY website that C&CZ maintains allows people to control certain properties of their science account and change/view their used services.

The pages here contain extra documentation for certain features. We strive to keep DIY intuitive and lean. Some things might require more explanation, instead of trying to fit this into the DIY site itself, we explain those here.

We maintain a glossary to document features on the DIY website.

Warning

If you don’t set your MFA, DIY will be (mostly) read-only.

SSH Public Keys

Since CPK 1383, SSH key usage needs “go through us”, to prevent phishers to update those keys as well. Currently two uses for these keys are defined:

Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication

To set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in DIY, follow these steps:

  • Log in to DIY using your Science username and password. (If you have a new account, you must first set a valid password in the DIY password settings!)

  • Open “Change Second Factor”: Change second factor screenshot

  • Click “Enable two-factor authentication for …”: Click enable two-factor authentication button screenshot

  • You will now see a QR code. Scan it with your phone’s authenticator app. Scan QR code screenshot

  • A new entry will appear in your authenticator app. When you tap it, a 6-digit code will appear. It may look like this: FreeOTP screenshot

  • Enter the PIN code generated by your phone. Then click “Register with Two-factor app”: Register with two-factor app screenshot

  • If you entered the correct code, it will now show that your second factor is “enabled”: Two-factor validated screenshot

If not? Try again or contact us.

Clickable Elements vs Non-clickable

DIY has been designed around the following rule:

If something (i.e. an user or group link) is clickable you have read or edit rights on that object. If not, you are not allowed to read the user’s or group’s details.