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This page wants to help users understand the available login methods, and what to expect as EWC moves toward a fully integrated identity experience. It provides a clear overview of how users authenticate to services within the European Weather Cloud (EWC).

Table of Contents

User Access Summary Table

EWC introduced a unified identity system based on EWC IAM. All EWC services will be accessible with the same user credentials in the future. EWC IAM can federate with other existing IAMs as well (e.g. ECMWF IAM, EUMETSAT User Portal). While we transition to the use of EWC IAM, some services might still support local accounts. You can check the table below for more details.

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IAM userlocal user
  1. Go to service URL (see table below)
  2. OPTIONAL: In some services you will need to input the tenancy name first when you sign in, if that is not the case, go to 3.
  3. EWC IAM userFederated IAM user
    1. Select EWC IAM Account to be redirected to the EWC IAM login page

    a. Select Federated IAM button (e.g. ECMWF SSO) to be redirected to the Federated IAM login page

    b. Enter your EWC IAM user credentials in order to get into the service.  


    b. Enter your Federated IAM user credentials in order to get into the service.

Follow specific service login page



Service Access Summary Table

Some EWC services exist on both EWC sites (ECMWF and EUMETSAT), such as core infrastructure services or Kubernetes service, while others are hosted only on one site but remain accessible to all EWC users. Because the two sites use different service URLs, you may see multiple entry points, but authentication is unified — all sites use the same EWC IAM login.

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