Sites Providers Operations Policy

By participating in the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem as a Site, you agree to the conditions laid down in this document.

• You shall provide and maintain, in the Site Manager page, contact

information including but not limited to at least one Site Manager who shall respond to enquiries in a timely fashion as defined in the Incident Management procedure page.

• When notified by the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem Infrastructure Managers of software patches and

updates required for security and stability, you shall, as soon as reasonably possible in the circumstances, apply these to your systems. Other patches and updates should be applied following the upgrade plan prepared by the Infrastructure Managers which following the deployment and upgrade procedure.

• You shall use logged information, including information provided to you by Users, other Sites

or by the Grid, for administrative, operational, accounting, monitoring and security purposes only. You shall apply due diligence in maintaining the confidentiality of logged information.

• Your participation in the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem as a Site shall not create any intellectual property rights in

software, information and data provided to your Site or in data generated by your Site in the processing of jobs.

• Provisioning of resources to the Grid is at your own risk. Any software provided by the Grid

is provided on an as-is basis only, and subject to its own license conditions. There is no guarantee that any procedure applied by the Grid is correct or sufficient for any particular purpose. The Grid and other Sites are not liable for any loss or damage in connection with your participation in the Grid.

• you shall comply with the [Procedure_Infrastructure_Incident_Management| Incident Management]] response procedures

regarding the notification of security incidents and where appropriate, shall restore access as soon as reasonably possible.

• You shall comply with the Grid operational procedures including the requirement to support

at least one VOVirtual Organization; designated by the Grid for the sole purpose of evaluating the availability of your Grid Services.

• The D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. Ecosystem may control your access to the Site for administrative, operational and security

purposes and remove your resource information from the Information Systems if you fail to comply with these conditions.