How to create an account

Depending on the resources you want to access, you will need either a CISM account, or a CÉCI account. You can of course request both. Clusters are accessed with a CÉCI account while interactive machines, the mass storage systems, and the other services are accessed with a CISM account.

CISM account

Access to the CISM infrastructure is granted to all UCLouvain researchers and their collaborators. Requesting a CISM account is quite simple. Nevertheless, some rules apply, which are described below. Access to the SMCS (interactive servers for statistical software) infrastructure is subject to approval from the SMCS managers.

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The CISM account can be requested by following the procedure described in the document cilog. If you know how to proceed, go directly to the CISM login creation page.

Note that access to that web page is restricted based on your location. If you see a message stating “Sorry, creating a CISM account is not possible from your current location ...” please contact the CISM team to find a solution. The error page mentions your IP address ; make sure to include that information in your email.

In case you already have a CISM account, you can go around that restriction ; use gwcism.cism.ucl.ac.be and run Firefox there.

ssh -f -X gwcism.cism.ucl.ac.be firefox -no-remote

Accounts expire every year ; the procedure to renew them is exactly similar to the one followed to create them in the first place. Make sure to use the same email address. If your email address changed, please choose the corresponding option when renewing your account.

Note that we do not store your passwords in plain text, rather in hashed form. That means we are able to check that the password you provide when you connect is correct, but we are not able to give it back to you. In case you forget your password, you simply need to go back to http://login.cism.ucl.ac.be/ and follow the same instructions as when you created your account. Just make sure to give the exact same email address each time and your existing account will be updated with the new information and choose option “reset my password”.

CÉCI account

Access to the CÉCI clusters (shared among participating universities) is granted automatically to holders of a university email address. The same rules apply for all CÉCI cluster irrespective of which university hosts them.

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The CÉCI account can be requested by following the procedure described here. If you know how to proceed, go directly to the CÉCI login creation page.

Note that here again, you need to be connected to the network of a CÉCI university to access those pages. Creating an account from home is not possible except through an SSH gateway.

Accounts expire every year ; the procedure to renew them is exactly similar to the one followed to create them in the first place. Just make sure to use the “Renew account” option and the exact same email address as the one used to create the account in the first place.

For any additional information about the CÉCI accounts please refer to `www.ceci-hpc.be`_.