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How to access and log in Airlock

Airlock is only supported in Chrome

Please ensure you use Chrome when accessing Airlock. Features may not work as expected in other browsers.

You will use your OpenSAFELY email address or your GitHub username to log in. These are the same credentials you use to access the Jobs website.

However, whilst normally you log into https://jobs.opensafely.org from your browser using GitHub, the secure server does not have access to GitHub. So you need to use an alternate method to login to Airlock, by generating a Single Use Token via the Jobs site, and then using it on the secure server to log in to Airlock.

Obtain a single use token via the Jobs site🔗

Before logging into the secure server, visit https://jobs.opensafely.org/settings/, and click on "Generate a Single Use Token". This will be 3 english words, which you can memorize or write down. This token can be used to log in as you, but is only valid for a short time, and only works once.

Generate Single Use Token on Jobs site

Single Use Token generated on Jobs site

Log in to the secure server🔗

Now that you have your single use token, log into the server via the VPN.

Log in to Airlock🔗

Navigate to Airlock using Google Chrome. Airlock is accessed at https://<backend>.backends.opensafely.org. e.g. on the TPP backend, go to https://tpp.backends.opensafely.org.

Log in using your GitHub username or OpenSAFELY email and the Single Use Token from the above step.

Single Use Token generated on Jobs site

You should be now logged in. This login will expire after two weeks of not being used.