Account Management

User Accounts and Responsibilities

Research Computing at UAB provides shared resources for researchers, where responsible and professional use of Cheaha accounts, storage, and computational resources is expected to maintain system integrity and support collaborative research. Please refer below for the eligibility requirements and responsibilities of Research Computing services users.

Category	User Group	Requirements	Responsibilities
UAB Employees	UAB Campus and UAB Medicine Faculty/Staff and Postdocs	Must have an active BlazerID	Refer to All User Responsibilities. For Lab PIs and Core Directors please refer Lab PIs responsibilities.
UAB Students	All UAB Campus and UAB Medicine Students	Must have an active BlazerID	Refer to All User Responsibilities.
External Collaborators	All sponsored by UAB Employee	Must be sponsored by UAB employee Must have XIAS email address	Collaborators' Responsibility:   - Refer to All User Responsibilities.   - Create a XIAS Guest Account. Sponsor's Responsibility:   - Sponsor is accountable for collaborators actions on UAB systems.   - Please refer to external collaborators page.
Lab PIs	All Lab PIs and Core Directors	Must have an active BlazerID	Data Management and Storage:   - Periodically check group membership is correct.   - Periodically check access controls to directories/buckets are correct.   - Moving unused data to LTS or external archival solutions.   - Managing backup plans. OpenStack Projects:   - Periodically check group membership is correct.   - Periodically check unused resources are released. PIs are also responsible to:   - Regularly reviewing membership permissions and access control.   - Ensure students are aware about FERPA-protected project metadata.   - Refer to All User Responsibilities.

All Users Responsibilities

• Regularly clearing /scratch.
• Adherence to UAB IT policies.
• Request computational resources reasonably. Refer to our compute resource estimation.
• Responsible Conduct of Research training.
• Annual account certification of Cheaha account.
• All Cheaha account users working with Protected Health Information (PHI) data are responsible to review HIPAA policies and HIPAA training.

How do I create a Research Computing account?

• Cheaha Account: Creating a Cheaha account is currently a self-service process. Both UAB employees, students, and external collaborators can create a Cheaha account by visiting creating a Cheaha account page.
• GitLab Account: If you are a UAB-affiliated researcher and have a BlazerID, you may create an account by visiting GitLab registration steps for UAB Employees and Students. If you are a collaborator with a XIAS account, you will need to follow the procedure in External Collaborators registration.
• Cloud.rc Account: To get your Cloud.rc account, please contact Support. For detail information on how to access it, please visit our Cloud.rc page.

How do I login to Research Computing Services?

• Cheaha: To login to Cheaha:

  • UAB Employees and Students: use your BlazerID.
  • External Collaborators: use your XIAS email address.
  • For detail login information, please visit accessing Cheaha page. If accessing through Open OnDemand, our online portal, Duo 2FA may be required.

• GitLab: To login to the GitLab, the UAB Employees and Students require a BlazerID, while External Collaborators require XIAS email. For detail login information visit the UAB Employees and Students GitLab Registration and External Collaborators GitLab Registration pages respectively.

• Cloud.rc: To access the Cloud.rc, you must be on the campus network. For off-campus access, use the UAB Campus VPN, which requires Duo 2FA. UAB employees and students can log in using their BlazerID, while External Collaborators use their XIAS email. For login details, visit our Cloud.rc page.

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