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Adding additional lab groups or cluster access
If you already have a FAS RC account (Note: multiple accounts are not allowed) and need to request membership in an additional lab group, the following will explain how to do so.
Your account can belong to multiple groups, with your PI/sponsor’s lab group being your primary. If you need to submit jobs under different labs groups you belong to, see: How do I fairly manage dual/multiple lab affiliations for work on the FASRC cluster?
If you need to change your primary PI/sponsor to another lab group, please see How do I change lab groups?.
Requesting additional groups for file access can be done via our Portal.
- Log into the Portal and select ‘Cluster Access’ on the left (or click here: https://portal.rc.fas.harvard.edu/request/ )
- Two new links should appear on the left
– My Grants – Shows you all your current grants/memberships
– Add Grants – Lets you request new grants/memberships - Find the grant you wish to add and select its check box. A window will pop up allowing you to Cancel or Request Selected.
After clicking Request Selected, an approval message will be sent to the group’s approver (usually the PI, their lab manager, admin, etc.)
Once they approve your request, you will receive a notification via email.
You can check the status of your request or the groups you currently have by clicking on the My Grants link at any time.
NOTE: If you will need to be able to run jobs under that secondary group’s fairshare, please send FASRC a ticket (via Portal or Email) asking to be added to the lab’s SLURM group. See managing dual/multiple lab affiliations for details on using switching fairshare affiliations on jobs.
ADDING CLUSTER ACCESS
If you did not initially request cluster login access, you can also use the procedure above to request Cluster Access. This will allow you to log into the cluster and submit jobs.
If you are trying to SSH into the cluster and get ‘connection closed’ and/or are constantly asked for your password, this is the cause.
Go to Add Grants, Click ‘Cluster’ (if it does not appear, then you already have cluster access) to select the ‘FASRC cluster access’ checkbox.
Once you receive an email saying your home directory has been created, that will indicate that your request is complete and you have SSH access to the cluster.
For SPINAL access questions, please see: Instrument SignUp/SPINAL