The Principal Investigator's Guide is targeted at administrators those responsible for overseeing their site's participation in PlanetLab Europe. The Principal Investigator's Guide contains a short primer on PlanetLab Europe terminology and account maintenance.

The Principal Investigator is responsible for joining PlanetLab Europe.

The Principal Investigator create slices and enable users at each site.

The PI is also able to responsible for overseeing all slices created on behalf of the users at the site. The Principal Investigator can create slices across any of the nodes in the PlanetLab network. The PI is required to respond to incidents at other sites caused by the behavior of one of your slices.

The following introductory steps need to be completed before a site joins PlanetLab Europe. Some of these steps are to be completed by the user, others by the principal investigator and others by the technical contact. All the tasks are identified in this list by who is responsible for completion. In the case of small sites, the User, the Principal Investigator (PI), and the Technical Contact (TC) may be the same person. The larger the institution, the more likely the tasks will be completed by different people.

1. Registering with PLE (User)
2. Creating Local Infrastructure (User)
3. Joining PLE (PI)
4. Registering with PLE (PI and TC)
5. Adding Nodes (TC)
6. Creating Slices (PI)
7. Enabling Users (PI)
8. Generating an SSH Key (User)
9. Deploying Slices (User)
10. Accessing Slivers (User)

The responsibilities for the User and the Tech Contact are explained in the User's Guide and the Technical Contact's Guide.