Obtaining an Account

Wukong cluster is accessible to the research community of the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH).

General overview

To obtain an account, users will need to follow these step:

1. Submit On-premises Infrastructure Request Form and describe full project information and resouce requirements.

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   This GitHub issue must be submitted by Principal Investigator (PI) of the project.

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   In the GitHub issue PI should mention following details:

   1. PI's Full Name
   2. PI's Affiliated Institute
   3. PI's Affiliated Email Address
   4. List of students who will need access, also please provide following details of each student
      • Full Name of student
      • GitHub User Name of student
      • Affiliated Email Address of student

2. Submit On-premise Access Request form in CIROH Service Request.

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   The administration of the Wukong cluster falls under the purview of the CIROH IT Computing group at the University of Alabama (UA). Consequently, individuals lacking UA credentials (MyBama ID, VPN User Name, and CWID) are obliged to complete the VPN Access Request form, followed by the On-premise Access Request form within CIROH Service Request.

   Account Creation

   Creation of accounts on the Wukong system necessitates submission of individual forms by each respective user.

   For instance, a Principal Investigator (PI) submits a GitHub issue pertaining to a project, and three students require access to the Wukong system for project-related work, three separate account creation forms must be duly submitted during this process.