Creating bot account in Launchpad

Note

This process does not involve the Launchpad team - although the Launchpad team is happy to assist in the process.

The IS team is the one that handles this setup.

  1. Request an email alias (and mappings to a real email address). This requires filing an RT ticket (e.g: RT#c162471) with details about:

    • The alias email address.

    • Which emails addresses the alias maps to.

  2. Create an SSO account using the email alias (every real email mapped will get the Ubuntu One emails with the link to validate the email).

    Note: in case multiple users have access to this email alias, anyone with access to the email alias will be able to reset the password of this account.

  3. While still logged in with the new SSO account, go to https://launchpad.net and click login.

    If you are already logged in to your SSO account, you should be logged in to the new bot account automatically.