Getting Started

Accessing Insula

Insula can be accessed at https://insula.destine.eu/ while the Insula Code Lab is available at https://code.insula.destine.eu/.

Upon accessing one of these URLs, a form similar to the following will be displayed. Type your access credentials and press the Sign In button.

DESP Login

Insula Perception

Insula Perception is the Insula’s landing page, showing one of its key features that is the ability to explore, find and exploit a range of data and services related to the Earth Observation.

After entering your credentials and signing in, you will see a page similar to:

Insula landing page

Insula Code Lab

In this case, after entering your credentials and signing in, you will see a message similar to:

Code Lab landing page

This message indicates that one of two things is happening:

  • First Time Login: A new private server is being created specifically for you. Additionally, dedicated storage space for your personal data is being established.

  • Subsequent Logins: A new private server is being created for you. Your dedicated storage space is already available for you. The system will simply link the private server with the existing storage.

This process typically takes only a few seconds, but it may take up to a minute to complete.

Once the provisioning or connection process is finished, you will be directed to the main server interface. This interface will provide you with various options to manage your private server and access your data storage:

Code Lab landing page