Access
Access to Elysium is granted based on HPC project applications.
If you do scientific work at RUB, you are eligible for access; see the Terms of Use for details.
If you need a user account to login to Elysium go here:
Get User Access.
Note that access will only be active if you are assigned to at least one HPC project by a project manager!
If you already are a HPC project manager
and would like to apply for a new project go here:
Apply for a HPC Project.
If you are a professor or research group leader looking to apply for computing resources
on Elysium go here: Become Project Manager.
Subsections of Access
Get User Access
In order to get a user account on Elysium you need to download and fill out the
user access application form.
Note that you can only login to the cluster after you were assigned
to at least one project by a project manager.
RUB LoginID: This is your RUB-LoginID. You need to active two-factor authentication for it.
SSH Key (Pub): Your public (not private!) SSH Key. This key must be your own. Sharing keys with others, e.g. members of your work group is not allowed.
You can generate an SSH key pair with the following command:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/elysium -N "passphrase"
Then you enter the contents of the file ~/.ssh/elysium.pub in the field.
The “passphrase” should of course be changed to an appropriately complex password,
that prevents malicious usage of your key.
Note that RSA keys must have at least 3000 bits in accordance with
BSI regulations.
We recommand ED25519 keys, as shown in the example above.
After you correctly filled out the form save the PDF as
User-Access-Application_<loginID>.pdf e.g. User-Access-Application_mamuster.pdf
and send it via email to hpc+applications@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Apply for a HPC Project
After you were approved as a Project Manager you can
apply for research projects on Elysium by downloading and filling out the
project application form.
The application is required for managing the fair share of computing resources,
and for reporting to the HPC-Beirat, Funding organizations, etc.
There is no peer-review process and your project is automatically accepted.
Note that more projects do not mean more computing resources.
Your personal resources are shared between all you projects.
RUB LoginID: This is your RUB-LoginID.
Project Name: Name under which your project should be listed in any report.
Abstract: A short 2-3 line abstract outlining the contents of your research project.
Field of Science: Identification number according to
DFG subject classification system.
Third-party funded: Optional field for research projects with third party funding.
E.g. Funding institution, or project number
RUB LoginIDs: Comma separated list of RUB-LoginIDs of the people you want to participate in this project.
(Note that the project manager’s LoginID is not automatically included in the participant list.
If you, as a project manager, want to participate in your own project, you must enter your Login ID as well.)
Contingent: From the dropdown menu select the computing resources contingent of your project.
If you did not participated in the HPC cluster application you need to select
“Miscellaneous User Groups”, or get permission by the members of the other contingents
to use their resources.
After you correctly filled out the form save the PDF as
Project-Application_<loginID>_<number>.pdf e.g. Project-Application_mamuster_5.pdf,
where the number 5 refers to the fifth project application that was send in by you,
and send it via email to
hpc+applications@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Become Project Manager
In order to get computing resources on Elysium and be able to manage projects
you need to download and fill out the
project manager application form
and sign the
compliance to export control regulations form.
Please note that only professors and independent group leaders
within the Ruhr-University are eligible to becoming project managers! See the regulations for details.
Group Name: The name of your work group. E.g. “Chair for constructive demolition techniques”, or “Computatinal analysis of sumerian poetry”,…
Faculty/Institute: The name of the faculty your group is located in. E.g. “Faculty of Mathematics”, “ICAMS”, or “Universitätsklinikum Josefs-Hospital”
RUB LoginID: This is your RUB-LoginID.
Email: Your RUB-email. (Not your institute email address!) e.g. max.muster@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Signed export regulations: After you read, understood, and signed the compliance to export control regulations form linked above, you check this box.
After you correctly filled out the form, save the PDF as
Projectmanager-Application_<loginID>.pdf e.g. Resources-Application_mamuster.pdf.
Save a scan of the signed export control regulations form as
Compliance-Export-Control-Regulations_<loginID>.pdf e.g.
Compliance-Export-Control-Regulations_mamuster.pdf.
Send the application form and a scan of your signed export control regulations form via e-mail to
hpc+applications@ruhr-uni-bochum.de