# Creating an Account and Resetting Your Password
## Create an account
Before you can connect to the BIL Analysis Ecosystem or deposit data in BIL, you must set up your account. No account is needed to access and download public data deposited in BIL. To create an account:

### 1. Create an ACCESS Portal Account
An ACCESS account is required to submit data to the Brain Image Library. The steps to create an ACCESS Portal Account are:

  1.a Visit the ACCESS Website: https://identity.access-ci.org/new-user
  1.b Enter the Required Information and Verify your ACCESS Portal Account

#### Visit the ACCESS Website: identity.access-ci.org/new-user
To get an ACCESS Portal Account, visit identity.access-ci.org/new-user and select one of the two options: 1) Register with an existing identity such as a GitHub, Google, Microsoft, ORCID, or University account 2) Register without an existing identity.


#### Enter the Required Information and Verify your ACCESS Portal Account
Fill in all of the personal information requested, choose your username and password, and complete the verification for your ACCESS Portal Account.

### 2. Request access to the BIL Data Submission Portal

Send an email to [e-mail] along with your ACCESS Portal Account. You will receive an email message once access has been enabled. Please allow 24 hours for access to be granted.

Your email should include the following:
* ACCESS Portal Account username
* email address for resource and submission
* If you are submitting data, the grant number and

### 3. Set your initial BIL/PSC password:

The steps to set an initial password or to reset a password on an existing account are:
  3.a Ensure that your Proposed Password Complies with PSC's Password Policy
  3.b Visit the Website: apr.psc.edu
  3.c Enter the Required Information
  3.d Enter the Security Code Sent in Email
  5.e Enter Your Password

#### Ensure that your Proposed Password Complies with PSC's Password Policy
To keep accounts secure, PSC has developed a secure password policy. This policy includes a minimum password length and a password character composition requirement. To review these requirements visit: https://www.psc.edu/user-resources/password-policies

#### Visit the Website: apr.psc.edu
To begin the password reset process, visit apr.psc.edu and click on the gray Start button on the bottom of the screen.

#### Enter the Required Information
To set (or re-set) your password, you will need to enter your PSC username and the email address that is on file at the center. The username is usually (but not always) the same as your XSEDE portal ID. The email address on file is usually (but not always) the email address associated with your XSEDE Portal Account.

#### Enter the Security Code Sent in Email
You will receive an email message that contains a unique security code similar to that shown in the following figure:

Enter this code on the webpage and click on the gray Submit button on the bottom of the screen.

#### Enter Your Password
Enter a new password (twice) that complies with PSC's password policy

## Changing your password
To reset your password, visit apr.psc.edu and select the `Begin Password Reset` button. Follow the instructions by entering your username an email, and you will be sent a security code to use to finish the password change following the same steps used to set your initial password. See how to set your initial password for detailed instructions.

## Reporting a problem
To report a problem on the Brain Image Library Analysis Ecosystem, please send an email to [e-mail] and include a detailed description of your issue, any error messages received, your user name, and any other key infomration to help us solve any issues quickly and effectively.