Submission Account

D-way account

Bioinformation and DDBJ Center provides the D-way account system. In the D-way account, you can use BioProject, BioSample, GEA, DRA and JGA databases of DDBJ Center and the DBCLS application systems. This handbook explains how to create and use a D-way account.

Create a D-way account and manage data with permission of Principal Investigator (PI).
Issued account and password must be maintained securely by users.
Account ID cannot be changed once it has been created.
In the D-way account page, updated information will be reflected in about 10 minutes.
It takes about 10 minutes for the created D-way account becoming active in the DBCLS application system.

DDBJ Center uses scp authenticated by a ssh key for transfer of large files. You need to register a public key to upload data files to DRA, GEA and JGA.

Users submitting data submission or data use applications to DBCLS are recommended to enter additional account information. The added items are automatically filled to new applications and the users are able to avoid entering these items in each application.

Create a D-way account in the website

Create an account on website

Open the submission portal page at https://ddbj.nig.ac.jp/D-way. Click the [Register for a new account] button.

Enter necessary information and click the [Continue].

ID must be 4 to 24 characters long.
ID can contain small letters, numbers and “_”.
”-“ and capital letters cannot be used.
Numbers and “_” cannot be used for first letter.

Enter basic account information and reserve an account ID after agreeing on the Terms of Use.

A confirmation mail is sent to the entered e-mail address.
Set a password by clicking a link in the mail.

Set a password longer than 8 characters contains both alphabets and numbers.

Please wait more than 10 minutes after setting a password and login D-way.
The account information fields including required ones are displayed.
Enter your account information and click [Update].

You need to register a public key to upload files to DRA/GEA/JGA. Please wait more than 10 minutes after entering account information, login D-way again and register a public key.

Registering a public key

To upload data files to DDBJ Sequence Read Archive (DRA) and Genomic Expression Archive (GEA), a public key should be registered to your account. The public key is used to identify users to access the file submission server.

Generate public and private key pair

Windows

A public key for D-way authentification can be both openSSH and PuTTY formats. For JGA data decryption, use openSSH-format private key. For WinSCP authentification, use PuTTY-format private key.

OpenSSH format

For JGA data decryption, use openSSH-format private key.

Run Windows PowerShell.

Execute following commands in the PowerShell window to generate openSSH-format key pair.

Generate key pair.
By default, for example, two keys will be generated at C:\Users\mtaro in the case of mtaro Windows user.
PS C:\Users\mtaro> ssh-keygen -t rsa

Message will be shown.
Generating public/private rsa key pair.

Press [Enter] for setting no passphrase.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in id_rsa.pub.

A private key is saved as "id_rsa" and a public key is saved as "id_rsa.pub" in "C:\Users\mtaro" folder.

Following is the example command execution in the PowerShell window.

A private key is saved as “id_rsa” and a public key is saved as “id_rsa.pub” in the openSSH format under “C:\Users\mtaro” folder.

To distinguish the key pair, please save the JGA public and private key pair for data decryption as filenamaes having the applicatio ID by using -f option.

PS C:\Users\mtaro> ssh-keygen -t rsa -f J-DU999991
A private key is saved as "J-DU999991" and a public key is saved as "J-DU999991.pub" in "C:\Users\mtaro" folder.

PuTTY format

Install and run the PuTTY Key Generator. Set parameters as below and click the [Generate] button.

Generate a key pair by moving mouse pointer randomly in the window and save the public and private keys. The key is saved in the PuTTY format and can be used in the WinSCP.

To distinguish the key pair, please save the JGA public and private key pair for data decryption as filenamaes having the applicatio ID. For example, the public key “J-DU999991.pub” and the private key “J-DU999991”.

Mac OS X

Run “Terminal” from Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app.

In the Terminal, execute following commands.

Generate the keys.
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa

Messages are displayed.
Generating public/private rsa key pair.

File in which to save the key. Press [enter].
Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa):

Press the [enter] to set no passphrase.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in /Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
At "/Users/you/.ssh", the private key is saved as "id_rsa" and the public key is saved as "id_rsa.pub".

From the Finder “Go” menu, select the “Go to Folder” to display the invisible “.ssh” folder contains the public key.

In the “Go to Folder” window, enter the path to the “.ssh” folder under your home.

The public key file “id_rsa.pub” is displayed.

Copy the public key file “id_rsa.pub” to your desk top for your account registration.

To distinguish the key pair, please save the JGA public and private key pair for data decryption as filenamaes having the applicatio ID by using -f option.

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f J-DU999991
At "/Users/you/.ssh", the private key is saved as "J-DU999991" and the public key is saved as "J-DU999991.pub".

Unix

Generate the keys.
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa

Messages are displayed.
Generating public/private rsa key pair.

File in which to save the key. Press [enter].
Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa):

Press the [enter] to set no passphrase.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in /Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /Users/you/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
At "/Users/you/.ssh", the private key is saved as "id_rsa" and the public key is saved as "id_rsa.pub".

To distinguish the key pair, please save the JGA public and private key pair for data decryption as filenamaes having the applicatio ID by using -f option.

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f J-DU999991
At "/Users/you/.ssh", the private key is saved as "J-DU999991" and the public key is saved as "J-DU999991.pub".

Register a public key

Login to the submission account. In the Account page, a public key can be uploaded in the “Public Key” area at the bottom. Select a public key file and register it by [Register public key] button.

The JGA submissions are not browsable in the D-way web portal. Please use JGA services according to “JGA submission steps” and “Download steps”.

Update account

Edit account information and update account by [Update] button. The registered public key for authentication can be overwritten by uploading a new file.

Updated account information will be reflected in about 10 minutes. Please login again after 10 minutes.

Items to be added for DBCLS applications

Add the organization and job title information to your account. Login the DBCLS application system and select the “User information update” at the top right menu. Or directly access the user profile site.

Click the Edit button to add the information.

Edit the account information by the Edit button

Add additional information.

Laboratory, Faculty, Department
Postal code/Zip code
State/Prefecture
Street
Phone
Job Title

Save the information by the Save button.

Password reset

Follow [Forgot password?] link under the D-way login page.

Enter an account ID to reset a password and click [Submit].
If the account exists, a password reset mail will be sent to the registered address.

Follow instructions in the mail and reset a new password.

A new password will be reflected in 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, login D-way with a new password.

Password change

Enter a current password (once) and a new password (twice). Change the password by clicking the “Change” button.

Updated account information will be reflected in about 10 minutes. Please login again after 10 minutes.

The following message is displayed if the password was changed successfully.

Email address change

Enter a new address in E-mail of Account and click “Update”.　　 An update request email will be sent to the old address. Update the address according to instructions in the request mail.

Email regarding data submissions is sent to email addresses entered in the submissions. If you change email address of your D-way account, you need to update addresses of data submissions to receive emails regarding the submissions.
Updated account information will be reflected in about 10 minutes. Please login again after 10 minutes.

Session Expired

After your password was changed, “Session Expired” may be displayed in your web brower. In this case, please access D-way in secret mode (Google chrome, Firefox) or use another browser.

Convert a private key

Windows PuTTY to OpenSSH

Select the “Import key” of “Conversions” menu and load the private key generated by PuTTY.

Select the “Export OpenSSH key” of “Conversions” menu and save the converted private key. The converted private key can be used in Unix and Mac OS X.

OpenSSH to Windows PuTTY

Select the “Import key” of “Conversions” menu and load the private key generated in Unix/Mac OS X.

Click the [Save private key] button and save the converted private key. The converted private key can be used in Windows WinSCP.