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Infrastructure Access

CIROH provides access to public cloud services, HPC, and on-premises infrastructure to support the research projects of CIROH's members and partners.

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To access the formal policy informing the below guidance, please see the Standard Operating Procedures for CIROH Cyberinfrastructure.

Public Cloud

Accessing Public Cloud Services

CIROH has partnered with AWS and Google Cloud to provide access to their cloud computing services. Review the linked documentation for account request steps and guidance.

Getting Started

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Requesting Project Access

Primary Investigators (PIs) or Workshop Leads leading CIROH projects or workshops can request public cloud resources through the provider-specific forms below. Choose AWS or Google Cloud based on where you want the resource provisioned.

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AWS Resource

Provision CIROH AWS resources for your project.

Use this form when you need AWS services such as EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPC, or other AWS-managed infrastructure.

Create AWS Request
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GCP Resource

Provision CIROH Google Cloud resources for your project.

Use this form when you need Google Cloud services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, GKE, VPC, IAM, or related tooling.

Create GCP Request

Your Responsibilities

CIROH Consortium members or partners are responsible for:

  • ✓Management of CIROH subaccounts assigned to them
  • ✓Project-specific software and environment configuration
  • ✓Handling account creation and/or access for project contacts

Cost of Use

  • ★Use of CIROH-2i2c JupyterHub is free for all consortium projects
  • $Individual projects are allotted $500 monthly for AWS and Google Cloud
  • ⚠Projects exceeding budget may request additional funds below
Request Additional Budget
Cloud Computing

Accessing CIROH-2i2c JupyterHub

In partnership with 2i2c, CIROH provides JupyterHub with both CPU and GPU capabilities. See the 2i2c server options documentation for configuration details.

Getting Started

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Submit Unified Access Request

The PI for your project must submit the Infrastructure Request Form below to request team-wide access to a particular resource on 2i2c JupyterHub.

Requesting Custom Images

To request custom images or software updates:

  1. Optionally create an environment.yml file by exporting your conda environment.
  2. Open a ticket in the CIROH image repository and describe the software or image changes you need using the link below.
Custom Image Ticket
On-Premises HPC

Accessing On-Premises Infrastructure

CIROH operates an on-premises infrastructure that includes high-performance computing (HPC) resources and specialized software via the Pantarhei and Wukong systems. See the Pantarhei documentation for system details.

Getting Started

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Submit Project Access Request

Primary Investigators (PIs) leading CIROH projects may use this form to request CIROH on-premise resources for their teams, including Pantarhei and Wukong.

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Request Individual Access

Non-UA users should complete the VPN Access Request section of the form before proceeding to the On-Premise Access Request section.

High-Performance Computing

NSF ACCESS Allocations through CIROH

In collaboration with NSF ACCESS Allocations, CIROH offers access to all the resources that are available through an allocation on the Resources. This guide will walk you through the steps necessary to gain access to any resources using your NSF ACCESS allocation. For more information, review the NSF ACCESS documentation.

Getting Started

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Register for ACCESS Allocation

If you don't already have an ACCESS Allocation account, register for one using the link below.

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Submit Infrastructure Request

The PI for your project must submit the Infrastructure Request Form below to request team-wide access to a particular resource on ACCESS Allocation.

You're All Set!

Once you're granted access, you're ready to begin using the resources!

Visit Your ACCESS Resources Page
Data Access

Accessing NWM BigQuery API

To access CIROH's NWM BigQuery API, please submit the form below. For additional details, see the BigQuery API documentation.

Request API Access

Get access to CIROH's National Water Model (NWM) data through our BigQuery API service.

NWM BigQuery API Data Access Request Form
Workshop & Events

Requesting Infrastructure Support for Workshops

CIROH Project Leads can request computing resources for workshops using this process. Available infrastructure includes all resources from ACCESS Allocations, CIROH-2i2c JupyterHub, AWS, and Google Cloud - accessible to all consortium members and partners.

Getting Started

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Submit Workshop Requirements

Complete our GitHub template with your workshop's technical requirements.

Available Resources

  • Resources from ACCESS Allocations
  • CIROH-2i2c JupyterHub
  • AWS Cloud Services
  • Google Cloud Services

Questions or Need Help?

Our team is here to help you get started with your contributions. Reach out if you have questions or need guidance.