SAFE is an online user service management system. Through SAFE, individual users can request machine accounts, reset passwords, see available resources and track their usage. All users must be registered on SAFE before they can apply for an account on the various Tier-2 facilities.
If you are already registered on the ARCHER SAFE the same login credentials will also work on the Tier-2 SAFE and you don't need to re-register.
- Go to the SAFE New User Signup Form
- Fill in your personal details. You can come back later and change them if you wish
- Click "Submit"
- You are now registered. A single use login link will be emailed to the email address you provided. You can use this link to login and set your password.
At this point your account is registered on the SAFE but you do not have a user account on any of the Tier-2 systems. To obtain a machine account on the Tier-2 HPC facilities please follow the instructions below.
- Type in the email address you have registered with
- Type in your SAFE password
- Click "Login"
- You are now on the Main Page and here you can see Menus along the top which give access to SAFE functionality
Once you have a SAFE account you can link it to your normal university Institutional web-login.
- Select "Register Institutional ID" from the "Your details" menu
- Select your home institution
- Login to your home institution if redirected to their login page.
This will allow you to use the "Institutional Login" button when logging in to the SAFE.
- Go to the Menu Your details and select Set 2 factor token. A scanable QR code will be displayed
- Install a suitable smart-phone app such as google-authenticator (android, ios) on your phone or mobile device
- Follow the app instructions to add a new account and scan the displayed QR code (or type in the displayed 26 character key)
- Type the verification code generated by the app into the Verification code box
- Click Set
2-Factor Authentication is now enabled. Each time you log in to the SAFE, in addition to requesting your SAFE password or Institutional login, you will also be asked for the current 6-digit authentication code from the app.
To disable 2 factor authentication
- Go to the Menu Your details and select Disable 2 factor authentication
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Your details and select Update personal details
- Make the changes you wish
- Click Commit Update to save the changes
- Go back to Your details and you will see the revised information
Do not forget the last step, or nothing will happen. Note that your postal address does not automatically include the name of your department and institution; if you want these in your postal address, you must type them again.
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Your details and select Update email
- Enter the new email address and click Request
A verification email will then be sent to the new email address. This email contains a link which you must use to verify your new address. On acknowledging your new address the change will be committed and you must use the new email address when logging into SAFE
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Your details and select Change SAFE password
- Fill in the boxes and click Change
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Enter your email address
- Click Email
- SAFE will mail a one time login link to your email address
SAFE will only mail to email addresses it already knows.
Of course, anyone could go to SAFE, type your email address and request a login link by clicking "Email". If that happens you will receive an email message out of the blue with the login link. In this case you should certainly use the link to login and set a new password.
Some of the Tier-2 facilities may require you to register an SSH key in the SAFE before you can request an account on the system. To do this you will require a SSH key pair. You upload the public part of the key pair to your SAFE account as follows:
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Your details and select Update personal details
- Either copy and paste the public part of your SSH key into the "SSH Public key" box or use the button to select the public key file on your computer.
- Click Commit Update to save the changes
- Go back to Your details and you will see the revised information
Do not forget the last step, or nothing will happen.
Some software which is installed on Tier-2 systems can only be accessed once the user's licence has been confirmed.
Note: Package Groups are only currently available on Cirrus.
For some of these packages, such as VASP, you can request access via SAFE
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Login accounts and select the account which requires access to the package
- Click New Package Group Request
- Select the package from the list of available packages and click Select Package Group
- Fill in as much information as possible about your licence, at the very least, the information requested at the top of the screen such as the licence holder's name and contact details.
- If you are covered by the license because the licence holder is your supervisor, for example, please state this.
- Click Submit
Your request will then be processed by the appropriate support team who will confirm your license with the appropriate authority before enabling your access to the package. This can take several days but you will be advised once this has been done.
The minimum you require to create an account on one of the Tier-2 facilities is a SAFE account and a Project Code. You should sign up for a SAFE account as described above and Your project's PI or Project Manager should be able to supply you with the project code.
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Login accounts and select Request login account
- Choose the project you want the account for in the "Choose Project for Machine Account" box.
- Choose the system you want the account on by selecting from the available systems.
- Enter the username you would prefer to use on the system Every username must be unique, and you must create a new system account with a unique username for each project you work on. (You can use the same username across different Tier-2 facilities.)
Now you have to wait for your PI or project manager to accept your request to register. When this has happened, the systems team are prompted to create your account on the service machine. Once this has been done, you will be sent an email. You can then pick up your password for the service machine from your SAFE account.
If you still remember your current machine account password, you can simply log in to the appropriate Tier-2 facility as normal and then use the passwd command
passwd
You will then be prompted to enter your current password, and then your new password twice.
If you have forgotten your current password, or it has expired, then you can ask for it to be reset:
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Login accounts and select the account you need the new password for
- Click username which displays details of this service machine account.
- Click New Login Account Passwd
Now your password will be changed. When this has been done, you will be informed by email; this means that you can come back to SAFE and pick up your new password.
Wait till you receive the email with your details. Then:
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Login accounts and you will see your accounts on the Tier-2 facilities listed. Click on the appropriate account.
- This will display details of your account. Click View Login Account Password You will need to enter in your SAFE password and then click view, and you will see your password to the service machine
This password is generated randomly by the software. It's best to copy-and-paste it across when you log in to the facility.
After you login, you will be prompted to change it. You should paste in the password retreived from SAFE again, and then you will be prompted to type in your new, easy-to-remember password, twice.
Note that when you change your password on the facility in this way, this is not reflected on the SAFE.
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Click on the Menu Your details click Update personal details find Opt out of user emails field and click it
- Click Commit Update
Do not forget the last step, or nothing will happen.
Note: Regardless of whether you are subscribed to the mailing list, you can still view ALL user mailings which have been sent, in SAFE.
Login to SAFE and Go to the Menu Login accounts, select the username which you wish to see details for. You will then see the information for this account. You will see the quotas for the disk space (if the project group/system is using these) and how much is in use.
The budget values displayed are updated every morning, and the values shown for disk use are updated four times a day. For this reason, all these values may not be completely up-to-date. If there is a lot of activity in your project, the numbers shown could be significantly different from from the current ones.
Login to SAFE. Then:
- Go to the Menu Service information and select Report Generator
- Select the report you wish to run
- Complete the required information in the form: this will usually consist of at least a date range to analyse and may have other options depending on the report you are running.
- Click the icon for the output format you would like to generate. If you select preview you will get a report in the web browser with buttons to use to output the analysis in other formats.
If you are a PI or Project Manager, you will have access to additional reports to generate information on whole projects or groups as well as your own usage and the usage of the Tier-2 facilities as a whole.