{"id":46,"date":"2020-01-22T18:14:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=46"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:22:56","slug":"cluster-access","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/knowledge-base\/cluster-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for a Cluster User Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lab members of labs which pay for Cluster Access and Support are qualified to use the Neuroscience Institute\/CNBC Cluster.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In order to log onto the cluster, each user must have a <strong>CMU Andrew Username <\/strong>and their personal &#8220;SCS user account&#8221;. We DO NOT support multi-user accounts. We do setup UNIX groups for labs so they can\u00a0 control permissions for their lab group and project members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The process of cluster account creation.<\/h3>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f Important: The Two-Step Account Process<\/p>\n<p>Requesting a cluster account involves two distinct phases. Please read carefully:<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: SCS Account Creation<\/p>\n<p>Once you submit this form, David Pane will request a <b>School of Computer Science (SCS) account<\/b> for you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>If you already have an active SCS account:<\/b> Please indicate this in the form to skip this step.<\/li>\n<li><b>If you are new:<\/b> David will act as your sponsor. Once approved, <b>SCS will email you<\/b> directly with instructions to set your Kerberos password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Step 2: Cluster Access &amp; Unix Setup<\/p>\n<p>After your SCS account is active, the SCS Cluster UNIX team will be notified to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create your specific account on the cluster.<\/li>\n<li>Set up your directories and add you to your Lab\u2019s UNIX groups.<\/li>\n<li><b>Notification:<\/b> David Pane will email you personally once your cluster access is fully ready to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> You will use your <b>SCS Kerberos credentials<\/b> (not your standard Andrew password) to log in to the cluster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can submit your account request using the following Google Form <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/LWgnhyZLmGPZs2a6A\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lab members of labs which pay for Cluster Access and Support are qualified to use the Neuroscience Institute\/CNBC Cluster. In order to log onto the cluster, each user must have a CMU Andrew Username and their personal &#8220;SCS user account&#8221;. We DO NOT support multi-user accounts. We do setup UNIX&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[12],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-46","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-getting-started"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":686,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/46\/revisions\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni.cmu.edu\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}