DIPC HPC accounts¶

Account request¶

To use the high performance computing (HPC) resources offered by DIPC, you need a valid DIPC cluster account. If you don't have one yet, follow these steps:

1. Download the account request form.
2. Complete sections 1 and 2, accept the data protection and processing policy, and sign in the signature box at the bottom left.
3. Send the form to your institution's HR representative (or department secretary in the case of a university). They will verify your affiliation and expected end date, complete section 3, sign at the bottom right, and forward it to us at accounts-hpc@dipc.org.

We use this process to confirm your institutional affiliation and that it will remain valid until the date stated on the form, which is a mandatory requirement to use our services.

Account renewal¶

If your account is about to expire and you wish to continue using our resources, please submit a new account request form following the same procedure described above, indicating the new expected end date at your institution.

Access for external collaborators¶

If you are not directly employed by a non-profit research center in the Basque Country but need access to computational resources hosted at the DIPC, there are two scenarios:

• You are an external collaborator who works with a research group or center that has its own computational resources at the DIPC and you wish to request access to them.
• You belong to a DIPC-affiliated group and want to grant temporary access to an external collaborator.

In either case, please fill out the external collaborator form and send it to accounts-hpc@dipc.org.

Modifying your password¶

After your account is created, you will receive a temporary password via email. You will be required to change it on first login:

You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
need a new password
WARNING: Your password has expired.
You must change your password now and login again!
Changing password for user username.
(current) LDAP Password:     <--- Type the provided temporary password
New password:                <--- Type your new password
Retype new password:         <--- Retype your new password

Your new password must meet all of the following criteria:

• At least 9 characters long.
• At least one uppercase letter (A–Z).
• At least one lowercase letter (a–z).
• At least one digit (0–9).
• At least one special character (e.g. !, @, #, $, %, &, *).
• Not a repetition of, or overly similar to, any of your previous passwords.

To change your password at any time after the initial setup, run:

passwd

See also¶