Getting Started LONI¶
LONI System FAQ¶
What computing resources are available to LONI users?¶
The resources page shows LONI production clusters open to users
Where can I find information on using the LONI systems?¶
See the Cluster User Guide for information on connecting to and using HPC clusters.
Who is eligible for a LONI account?¶
All faculty and research staff at a LONI Member Institution, as well as students pursuing sponsored research activities at these facilities, are eligible for a LONI account. Requests for accounts by research associates not affiliated with a LONI Member Institution will be handled on a case by case basis. For prospective LONI Users from a non-LONI Member Institution, you are required to have a faculty or research staff in one of LONI Member Institutions as your Collaborator to sponsor you a LONI account.
How can one apply for an account?¶
Individuals interested in applying for a LONI account should visit this page to begin the account request process. A valid, active institutional email address is required.
Who can sponsor a LONI account or request allocations?¶
LONI provides Louisiana researchers with an advanced optical network and powerful distributed supercomputer resources. The LONI Allocations committee and LONI management require that the Principle Investigators using LONI resources be restricted to full-time faculty or research staff members located at LONI member institutions.
LONI welcomes members of other institutions that are collaborating with Louisiana researchers to use LONI resources, but they cannot be the Principle Investigator requesting allocations or granting access. For the Principle Investigator role, Adjunct and Visiting professors do not qualify. They must ask a collaborating full-time professor or research staff member located at a LONI institution to sponsor them and any additional researchers.
How do LONI users change their passwords?¶
If a LONI password needs to be changed or reset, one must submit a request here to initiate the process. Please note that the email address must be the one used to apply for the LONI account. Like the account request process, you will receive an email which includes a link to the reset form where the new password can be entered. After you confirm your new password, it will not be in effect until one of the LONI administrators approves it, which may take up to a few hours (or even longer during nights and weekends). Please do not request another password reset, you will receive an email notifying that your password reset has been approved.
How do LONI users change their login shell?¶
LONI users can change their login shell on all LONI clusters by visiting their profile on the LONI website
How can users communicate with the LONI systems staff?¶
Questions for the LONI systems' administrators should be directed to sys-help@loni.org.
LONI Accounts FAQ¶
Who is eligible for a LONI account?¶
All faculty and research staff at a LONI Member Institution, as well as students pursuing sponsored research activities at these facilities, are eligible for a LONI account. Requests for accounts by research associates not affiliated with a LONI Member Institution will be handled on a case by case basis. For prospective LONI Users from a non-LONI Member Institution, you are required to have a faculty or research staff in one of LONI Member Institutions as your Collaborator to sponsor you a LONI account.
How can one apply for an account?¶
Individuals interested in applying for a LONI account should visit this page to begin the account request process. A valid, active institutional email address is required.
Who can sponsor a LONI account or request allocations?¶
LONI provides Louisiana researchers with an advanced optical network and powerful distributed supercomputer resources. The LONI Allocations committee and LONI management require that the Principle Investigators using LONI resources be restricted to full-time faculty or research staff members located at LONI member institutions.
LONI welcomes members of other institutions that are collaborating with Louisiana researchers to use LONI resources, but they cannot be the Principle Investigator requesting allocations or granting access. For the Principle Investigator role, Adjunct and Visiting professors do not qualify. They must ask a collaborating full-time professor or research staff member located at a LONI institution to sponsor them and any additional researchers.
How long can I keep my LONI account?¶
LONI accounts are valid as long as you maintain eligibility for a LONI account. However, the Allocation Management clause from the LONI Allocation policy, which is stated below, takes precedence for maintaining an active LONI account.
User accounts must be associated with a valid allocation, and if not, will be retained for a maximum of 1 year pending authorization against a valid allocation.
LONI Allocations FAQ¶
How do I access the LONI Allocations website?¶
To access LONI Allocations, please login to your LONI Profile. Once logged in you should see links on the right sidebar for Balances (to find out current status and usage of your allocations) and Request Allocations (to join or request a new allocations).
How do I find out my active allocations and remaining balances?¶
See how to find out active allocations and balances
How do I request a new allocation¶
Note: Only faculty members, permanent research staff members at the LONI institution are eligible to be the PI of an allocation. If you are not eligible, please let an eligible PI submit a request and you can join it after it is approved.
To request a new allocation, you first need to login to your LONI Profile and then click on the "Request Allocation" link in the right sidebar. You will see two links there: "New Allocation" and "Join Allocation". Click on the first link. You will then be presented with the Allocation Request form that you need to fill out. Click the "Submit Request" button after you have completed filling the form. The LONI Resource Allocation Committee (LRAC) member will review your allocation and let you know of their decision via email. HPC Support staff do not make decisions on allocations. In case your allocation request has not been responded to in a timely manner, you can either email the LRAC committee member directly or email the help desk who will forward the email to appropriate committee member(s).
Would it be possible to request a rollover or extension of an allocation?¶
In order to keep the accounting straight, allocations cannot be rolled over nor extended. Please apply for a new allocation.
How do I request a new allocation based on my current allocation?¶
If you have owned allocation before, you can login to your LONI Profile, click on "My Allocations" in the right side bar, and click on "clone/edit" next to your current allocation. The form will be automatically populated using the data of the current one. The form can be edited as necessary, or left everything unchanged.
How do I join an allocation of another PI?¶
To join an existing allocation of another PI (either your professor, collaborator or our training allocation), you first need to login to your LONI Profile and then click on the "Request Allocation" link in the right sidebar. You will see two links there: "New Allocation" and "Join Allocation".
Click on the second link and enter the name, LONI username or email address of PI whose allocation you wish to join.
If your search is successful, you will be provided with information of the PI whom you have searched for. Click the "Join Projects" button
You will then be presented with a list of allocations for the PI. Click on the "Join" button for the allocation which you wish to join.
The PI will receive an email requesting him/her to confirm adding you to their allocation. HPC staff do not add users to an existing allocation of a PI, please do not email the support staff to add you to an allocation. You need to this yourself. If you are planning on attending the HPC Training, please read the instructions that are send in the training confirmation email.
How does a PI apply for Early Allocation Access?¶
What is Early Allocation Access?
LONI HPC allows early allocation access, through which a PI could request as much as 25% of a new research allocation request to be activated immediately. The relevant sections of policy statements
Procedure:
- The PI should submit a research allocation request as usual, along with the proposal in PDF format;
- Then the PI should send an email to sys-help@loni.org, requesting early allocation access using the following template:
Email Title: Early Allocation Access Request: your_allocation_request_name (The allocation request should already be submitted through LONI allocation request page)
A justification paragraph describing your reason for Early Allocation Access Request, including your past allocation usage history, if you have never used HPC resources please include your allocation usage history in other institutions/sites.
- The committee will make a decision based on the justification request. If it's approved, we will activate 25% of the allocation request.
Where can I get more information?¶
Please look through the LONI Policy page for more information on allocation types and LRAC contact information.