This IdP solution will be used for the following purposes:

• To give access to restricted LW services. The services may be restricted because of processing power or storage demands.
• To protect user data and scripts that are stored on the infrastructure (unix home folders etc)
• To give access to data not yet in the public domain. (data in databases , project moratorium period )
• To distinguish between users uploading data to the system (RvLab , eLab, data explorer)
• To give access to openstack configuration interface and computing resources at infrastructure layer.
• To manage roles/groups and authorize them to access specific services.

Currently, the different user apps manage their own users. The institutional credentials could be federated in the Identity Provider. Also, it should manage the following roles/users:

• IT administrator who have access at infrastructural level.
• Developers/Solver who have access to computing/storage resources to develop new Vlabs/VREs.
• LifeWatch ERIC research users
• Citizen Science (to have access to concrete applications)

The architecture suggested by AARC based on the blueprint is a promising approach to be adapted to the European framework, in particular for the European Open Science Cloud.