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title: UPPMAX Intro Course - Login Instructions
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# UPPMAX Intro Course - Login Instructions


**PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BEFORE THE COURSE STARTS**


See more details about each point below.

1.	Create an account in SUPR.
2.	Apply for membership in the course project.
3.	Apply for an UPPMAX account.
4.	Wait for an email from UPPMAX with your UPPMAX account details.
5.	Log in with your new UPPMAX account.
6.	Create a new file with your username in the designated folder. This way we will know who has completed these steps.

Please complete these steps before the course starts is order to avoid having to waste time with account issues during the actual course. 

1.	**Create an account in SUPR.**
-	If you already have a SUPR account, please continue to step 2.
-	Go to https://supr.naiss.se/ and click ***Register New Person*** at the bottom of the first page. Registration via SWAMID preferred. Complete the registration process and log in.
-	Note that registration can take several days if you have no SWAMID. 
-	Check your email for the confirmation mail and click the link in it.

2.	**Apply for membership in the course project.**
-	Log in to SUPR.
-	Under the “Projects” heading, press the “View and Manage Projects” button.
-	Search for the project ID: **UPPMAX 2025/2-262**
-	Press the ***Request*** button to apply for membership in the project. The course instructor will approve it within one working day. Please note that step 6 will fail unless the member request has been approved.
-	If you already have an UPPMAX account, wait until your project membership is processed (it may take up to a few hours even after you receive the email confirmation) and continue to step 5.

3.	**Apply for an UPPMAX account.**
-	After your project membership has been approved, you can log in to SUPR and apply for a login account at UPPMAX if you do not have one already.
-	Go to https://supr.naiss.se/account/

4.	**Wait for an email from UPPMAX with your UPPMAX account details.**
-	Within about 2 working days you will get an email with your username, and another email with a link to your temporary password. NOTE: the link is only valid for 1 VISIT or 7 days. Save the temporary password when you click the link as the link only works once.

5.	**Log in with your UPPMAX account.**
-	Open your terminal program (Terminal in OSX and Linux, otherwise download MobaXterm (portable edition) if you have Windows). For more Linux Tools for Windows, please refer to this page: https://hackmd.io/@pmitev/Linux4WinUsers.
-	Type this command in your terminal program:
`ssh your_uppmax_username@pelle.uppmax.uu.se`
(replace `your_uppmax_username` with your UPPMAX username)
-	You will be asked for your password now and you will not see any response in the terminal while typing your password. This is normal behaviour, it hides the length of your password. Just press enter when you have typed it in and you should log in.
-	You may change your password by typing: `passwd` 	

6.	**Create a new file with your username in a designated folder.**
-	You should now be logged in and ready to create the file that tells us that you have completed the steps. Type the command:
`touch  /proj/introtouppmax/completed/your_uppmax_username`
and substitute `your_uppmax_username` with your UPPMAX username. Please note that you will get the error “Permission denied” if you have not completed step 2. Also, re-login to UPPMAX if you were added to the course project after you logged in to the Pelle cluster.
-	Unless you got some kind of error message you should now be finished. To make sure the file was created you can type
`ls  /proj/introtouppmax/completed/your_uppmax_username`
(substitute `your_uppmax_username` with your UPPMAX username accordingly)
It should write out the name of the file if the file exists.

If you encounter any issues in setting up your account, please contact UPPMAX support via https://supr.naiss.se/support/ or email *support at uppmax.uu.se*. For general questions about the course, please email *diana.iusan at uppmax.uu.se*.





