How can a project member access another member’s existing slice?

[Yuanhao Chang]

Hi FABRIC team,

I am a member of the same FABRIC project as another researcher in our group. He created a slice and installed a FlexRIC environment on one of its nodes, and I need to access that environment to review and back up the installation.

However, when I open the project in the FABRIC Portal and go to the Slices page, I only see:

“You have no slices in this project.”

I can see the other researcher under Project Memberships, but I cannot see the slice he created.

Could you please clarify:

1. Are slices in the Portal visible only to the user who created them?
2. Can another member of the same project view and access an existing slice?
3. If so, what steps are required? For example, should the slice owner add my SSH public key, or is there a FABlib/JupyterHub method for sharing access to the slice?

This is somewhat time-sensitive because the scheduled August 3–7 maintenance notice says that all active slices will be deleted. We would like to access and back up the FlexRIC environment before then.

I can provide the project ID and slice name privately if needed.

Thank you very much for your help.

[Komal Thareja]

Hi Yuanhao,

You should be able to view slices created by other project members through JupyterHub.

Please try the Share Slices notebook, which is also listed in the JupyterHub “Start Here” notebook under fabric_examples/fablib_api/share_slices/share_slices.ipynb. It explains collaborative slice access and how the slice owner can add your SSH keys so you can access the VMs.

If the slice owner is unable to add your keys, please send me the slice details, and I’ll help you obtain access.

Best,
Komal

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