RAT Secrets File

As mentioned in the requirements, RAT requires three different set of credentials for IMERG, AVISO and Google Earth Engine. The user has to provide these credentials as mentioned below in a file with extension .ini.

Tip

  1. To get the credentials for these accounts, please follow the instructions here.

  2. A secrets_template.ini file is downloaded in 'params' directory inside project directory. It is recommended to create a copy of this file at a safe location, rename it to secrets.ini and fill in the credentials.

Aviso

  • username: :
    Reuired parameter

    Description : Email address of the account used to register for AVISO product.

    Default : It is blank by default and can be filled by the user.

    Syntax : If account email used to register for AVISO product is 'xyz@gmail.com', then 

    [aviso]:
username= xyz@gmail.com

  • pwd: :
    Reuired parameter

    Description : Password of the account, set by you, to access AVISO product.

    Default : It is blank by default and can be filled by the user.

    Syntax : If password of the account to access AVISO product is 'Pass@123', then 

    [aviso]:
pwd= Pass@123

Imerg

  • username: :
    Reuired parameter

    Description : Email address of the account used to register for IMERG product.

    Default : It is blank by default and can be filled by the user.

    Syntax : If account email used to register for IMERG product is 'xyz@gmail.com', then 

    [imerg]:
username= xyz@gmail.com

  • pwd: :
    Reuired parameter

    Description : Password of the IMERG account to access IMERG product.

    Default : It is blank by default and can be filled by the user.

    Syntax : If password of the account to access IMERG product is 'Pass@123', then 

    [imerg]:
pwd= Pass@123

Ee

  • service_account: :
    Reuired parameter

    Description : Email address of the service account created to access earth engine api.

    Default : It is blank by default and can be filled by the user.

    Syntax : If email address of service account created is 'rat@globalrat.iam.gserviceaccount.com', then 

    [ee]:
service_account= rat@globalrat.iam.gserviceaccount.com

  • key_file: :
    Reuired parameter

    Description : Absolute path of the key file for the service account created in 'json' format.

    Default : It is blank by default and can be filled by the user.

    Syntax : If absolute path of the key file is '/cheetah/rat_project/confidential/earth_engine/globalrat-xxefebxxb773.json', then 

    [ee]:
key_file= /cheetah/rat_project/confidential/earth_engine/globalrat-xxefebxxb773.json