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Setting Up a JLab Account

Basic Registration

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Anyone who needs a JLAB account and who will be doing HPS work

HPS users who require access to the JLAB computing infrastructure should register for a new account here:

Please complete the registration at: http://wwwold.jlab.org/hr/jris/processing.html selecting

The type should be "user-active" as the type and the JLAB sponsor being is Stepan Stepanyan.

Computer Account Request

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Complete After registering, complete the JLAB Computer User account form accessible athere:

https://cc.jlab.org/useraccounts

It then needs to be scanned and sent to stepanya@jlab.org
for his signature.

Once you see your name appear at https://misportal.jlab.org/mis/staff/staff.cfm, then call the JLAB help desk at .... (757) 269-7155 to get your temporary password [.  It is a good idea to try it out the password while
you are on the phone with them.

After this, you may login !] Login to login.jlab.org and then to the scientific computing farm at ifarml64 or other ifarm nodes.

Required General Security Training

You must complete the JLAB GEN034U security training within 48 hours of creating your account. It covers much more than security training.  It involves watching a ~20 minute online video.

Please select GEN034U from here:

http://www.jlab.org/div_dept/train/webbasedtraining.html

If you do not complete this mandatory training, your JLAB account will be suspended.

Accessing Sci Comp Resources

Computing Groups

To access any of the scientific computing resources (such as the batch or interactive farms, the tape silo, work disks, etc.), your account must be a member of one of the allowed groups including clas or clashps etc.

Membership in one of these groups can be requested by emailing Francois-Xavier Girod <fxgirod@jlab.org> with your JLAB account name and a copy of your public SSH key from ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub at JLAB.

Batch Computing Access

farm (ifarml64). To be able to use the batch system you'll need to obtain a certificate here: by

going to  http://scicomp.jlab.org/scicomp . Query

From within the JLAB network, you may query your username, and then the
link for creating the certificate will appear.

If you are not on the jlab network, then logon login to
jlabl1.jlab.org (or other appropriate central system) and start firefox and Firefox.  Then use that browser
session to get the certificate.

When completed, you should have a new file ~/.jlab.scicomp in
your jlab JLAB home directory.

Required General Security Training:

Links

Help Desk

Scientific Computing Homepage

Computer Center Wiki

Scientific Computing Wiki

 Complete the JLAB GEN034U security training within 48 hours. It covers much more than security training.
It involves watching a ~20 minute online video.Otherwise your JLAB account will be suspended.
Please select GEN034U from:http://www.jlab.org/div_dept/train/webbasedtraining.html