If you have an would like your external collaborator who you would like to have an account on Neon or Argon, you must go through the process to get that person a HawkID. ITS has recently released a tool to assist with this, which can be found at: https://iam.uiowa.edu/accounts. Once the collaborator has their HawkID, they can go through the regular new user request form available here: https://hpc.uiowa.edu/user-services/new-user-information. Please remember to let them know that they must list you in the sponsor field in the new user request form. If they just need access to data, they can also request a Globus GridFTP account. Please email us at hpc-sysadmins@uiowa.edu to confirm which directories and permissions you'd like the account to have access to.
How to generate a HawkID invitation for an external collaborator
Go to first obtain a guest HawkID for that person, and then your collaborator must request and obtain an HPC cluster account. You can then request additional configuration so that you and your collaborator can share data using Globus GridFTP.
Step 1: Invite your collaborator to create a HawkID
Visit the HawkID request form: https://iam.uiowa.edu/accounts
Choose At this screen, choose to send a HawkID Invitation:
Enter At this screen, enter the email address and an optional message, then click the Invitation Options window to bring up additional fields.button:
Enter In the Invitation Options, enter your email address in the email notifications field to get Email Notifications field so that you will receive an email when the your collaborator has finished the completes HawkID setup. :
Then click Send. Your collaborator will receive an email detailing the additional steps how to setup obtain their HawkID. Once they have completed the request, they can sign up for
Step 2: HPC account for your collaborator
After your collaborator has a HawkID, they should request an HPC account on Neon or Argon hereusing the standard process: https://hpc.uiowa.edu/user-services/new-user-information
Please remind your collaborator that they must list you in the sponsor field in the new user request form.
Step 3 (optional): Sharing data with Globus
Please email us at hpc-sysadmins@iowa.uiowa.edu to configure Globus access for you and your collaborator and to specify which location/data you would like to share.