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The usage of bwForCluster is free of charge. bwForClusters are customized to the requirements of particular research areas.
Each bwForCluster is/will be financed by the DFG (German Research Foundation) and by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg based on scientifc grant proposal (compare proposals guidelines as per Art. 91b GG).

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Granting user access to a '''''bwForCluster''''' requires 3 steps:

# Registration of your ''compute project'' at [https://www.bwhpc-c5.de/ZAS/zas_uebersicht.php "Zentrale Antragsseite (ZAS)"],
# Application for bwForCluster entitlement issued by your university,
# Personal registration at assigned cluster site based on approved compute project and issued bwForCluster entitlement.

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Step 1 and 2 are pre-steps and requirements of step 3. Moreover, steps 1 and 2 can be done in parallel. At which bwForCluster site you can do step 3 will be decided by the cluster assignment team (CAT) based on the data of step 1, i.e. at ZAS.


= Compute project registration at ZAS =

A compute project registration at ZAS does '''NOT''' correspond to typical compute project proposals as for other HPC clusters, since:
* there is no scientific reviewing process
* the registration inquires only brief details
* it covers a group of coworkers and
* only the project responsible must submit it.

== How to register? ==

=== Compute project ===

Typically only the leader of a scientific work group or the senior scientific needs to login at
* https://www.bwhpc-c5.de/en/ZAS/bwforcluster_proposal.php
and fill in all mandatory fields of the given form. Please note that for your convenience you can also switch to the [https://www.bwhpc-c5.de/ZAS/bwforcluster_antrag.php german version] of the web form. The submitter of the project will be assigned the role '''project responsible'''.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Title
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | Define a short title of your compute project, maximum 255 characters including spaces
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Description
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | Write a short abstract about your compute project (maximum 2048 characters including spaces). Research groups that contributed to the DFG grant proposal (Art. 91b GG) of the corresponding bwForCluster only need to reference to that proposal.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Scientific Field
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | Tick one ore several scientific fields. Once all bwForClusters are up and running the full list of given scientific fields are supported and hence for compute projects applicable. If your compute project does not match any given scientific field, please state your scientific field in the given text box. Gray scientific fields indicate that the corresponding bwForCluster is yet not operational.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Field of activity
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | Define if your compute project is primarily for research and/or teaching. If not applicable use text box.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Parallel paradigm
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | State what parallel paradigm your code or application will use. Multiple ticks are allowed. Further information can be provided via text box
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Programming Language
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | State the programming language(s) of your code or application.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Estimated requested computing resources
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | Roughly estimate how much CPU hours is required to finish your compute project. To calculate CPU hours multiple "elapsed parallel computing time" with "number of CPU core" per job.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Planned maximum number of parallel used CPU cores per job
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | Give an upper threshold on how many CPU cores your jobs require.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Estimated maximal memory requirements per CPU core
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | Give an upper threshold on how much RAM per CPU core your jobs require.
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!scope="column" {{Lightgray_small}}| Estimated requested persistent disk space for this project
|scope="column" {{Tab element}} | State the maximum disk space to finish your compute project. Be aware
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:105%;">Response</span>

# After submitting you will get an email from ZAS confirming your submission. With this email you are given an unique<br>* acronym<br>* password<br>Please keep the password enclosed. Only with both, acronym and password, [[BwForCluster_User_Access#Coworkers|coworkers]] can be added to your compute project.
# The cluster assignment team will be notified immediately about your submission.
# The cluster assignment team decides within 2 working days and based on your submitted data which bwForCluster most fits and submits its decision to ZAS.
# ZAS notifies you in an email about your assigned bwForCluster and provides website details for [[BwForCluster_User_Access#Personal registration at bwForCluster|step 3]].

=== Coworkers ===

Important, each coworker must add herself/himself to compute project, since only via personal authentication the correctness of personal credentials (provided by your home organization) can be guaranteed. To become coworker of a compute project, please login at
* https://www.bwhpc-c5.de/en/ZAS/bwforcluster_collaboration.php
and provide correct
* password
* acronym
of the compute project. The submitter will be assigned the role '''project member'''.

==== Response ====

# After submitting the request for participating a project, the coworker will receive an email from ZAS about the process. The membership status is set active.
# Each person with the role '''project responsible''' and '''project manager''' will be notified. Any of these persons can crosscheck via https://www.bwhpc-c5.de/en/ZAS/info_compute_project.php and clicking on the correct project acronym the correctness of the process.
# The project responsible can set any '''project member''' to '''project manager''' and vice versa as well as deactivate any membership.
# Any project manager can deactivate any membership.

<!--=== Compute project extension ===

Any compute project is restricted to 1 year duration and the given compute resources during registration. Only the project responsible can apply for an extension of the compute project. The extension can be the duration by another year or the increase of computational resources. In any case, the project responsible must login at:
*

==== Response ====

# After submission the project responsible will receive an email from ZAS-->





= Issueing bwForCluster entitlement =

Each university issues the bwForCluster entitlement only for their own members. Details on the issuing process and/or the entitlement application forms are listed hereafter:
* Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
* Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
* Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
* Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
* [[BwForCluster User Access Members Uni Ulm|Ulm University]]
* University of Hohenheim
* University of Konstanz
* University of Mannheim
* University of Stuttgart


= Personal registration at bwForCluster =

Once you have registered your compute project at ZAS by filling a short online form, the cluster assignment team will provide you with information about your designated bwForCluster - basically providing your with the correct website to finally register yourself for the designated cluster.

Please note, this step is different to your registration at ZAS since here you do not register your compute project but yourself as person. Only based on your personal credentials a user account can be generated. However, given resource requests for compute project at the ZAS will be crosschecked with the consumed resources by you and your coworkers of the compute project.


After step 1 and 2, i.e., approval of your compute project and issued bwForCluster entitlement, please visit:
* Cluster registration website (details given by CAT)
*# Select your home organization from the list and click '''Proceed'''
*# You will be directed to the ''Identity Provider'' of your home organisation
*# Enter your home-organisational user ID / username and your home-organisational password and click '''Login''' button
*# You will be redirected back to the cluster registration website
*# <div>Select '''bwForCluster Service Description''' (on the left hand side)
*# Click '''Register'''
*# Finally
*#* '''optionally''' set a service password for authentication on bwForCluster


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