The g-Eclipse framework provides an eco system for seamless access to Grid and Cloud infrastructures in science and in business. Such distributed infrastructures are gaining popularity worldwide. Grid and Cloud infrastructures are distributed resources, which are connected by a Middleware layer. This Middleware layer provides a secure and seamless access to distributed computing and storage resources.
In order to access a Grid or Cloud infrastructure, you must contact the resource provider. From the resource provider you get information about identity tokens, interfaces to the infrastructure service, accounting, etc. Therefore, you need an agreement with an infrastructure before you continue with g-Eclipse first.
The procedure differs between the different infrastructure providers and middleware systems. For more details about the first step, have a look in the middleware specific documentation sections.