Access to the Nirin cloud is granted to projects and an identified list of users who will be using the infrastructure.
How to gain access to Nirin Cloud
NCI Project Lead Principle Investigators can obtain access to the Nirin Cloud by contacting the NCI Helpdesk. Please provide the following information in your request so our team can provision the appropriate resources.
| Project Code | The NCI project code (eg ab12) |
|---|---|
| Lead PI NCI Username | The NCI username of the lead PI (eg usr234) |
| Number of CPU cores required | |
| Amount of memory required | |
| Amount of storage required | |
| Number of Internet accessible IP addresses | |
| List of NCI usernames who should be granted Dashboard access | |
| Does this project require access to gdata | |
| gdata directories required |
Connecting to global data (gdata)
Adding users for dashboard infrastructure access
If the project needs a service that is not fulfilled by the VDI or the supercomputer; and you are willing to manage your own virtual machines then the project may be granted IaaS privileges on the NCI Nirin cloud. Please send an email to help@nci.org.au with the reason for the access, the name and number of flavors as detailed in Nirin Flavors and Charge Rates, number of static IP addresses, the global data (gdata) directory access (read-write or read-only if NFS export is required).
Details about using IaaS are provided at Nirin - Quick Start Guide , NFS export policy is provided at NFS Export Policy for global file-systems to Nirin and the associated costs are provided at Nirin Flavors and Charge Rates.
For more details, please send an email to help@nci.org.au with details of your requirements.
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