======User Accounts at CHPC======

=====Policies=====

All users are subject to the terms and conditions of the **CHPC User Policies** document.  The latest version (2.8 of 1 July 2025) can be found here:

  * **{{ :chpc:chpc_accounts_policy-v2.8.pdf |CHPC Accounts Policy Document}}**

**Note the following:**

  * Institutional email addresses are mandatory for all accounts.  You may only use Gmail/Yahoo/etc. email addresses as your secondary email in the User Portal.
  * All cluster accounts inactive for than 90 days will be automatically blocked.
  * There are several new security measures in place. See [[quick:login|Logging into the Lengau cluster]] for details.


=====POPI Privacy Notice=====

**Important: Privacy**

In compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) No. 4 of 2013, please read the CSIR's [[https://www.csir.co.za/csir-privacy-notice|Privacy Notice]] and the {{ :chpc:accounts-privacy-notice.pdf |Accounts Privacy Notice}}.

=====CHPC Logo=====

Please use our [[chpc:logo|logo]] when referencing the CHPC in slides, web sites, //etc.//



=====Registration=====

In order to obtain access to the cluster, each person is required to register on our **[[https://users.chpc.ac.za/|CHPC User Portal]]** as either a //Principal Investigator// (PI) or a //Normal User// (please register here [[https://users.chpc.ac.za]]).   It is further required from each approved PI to register a single //Research Programme// to which registered users can be added as members (PI's should also add themselves as members). Userids usually require a few working hours for creation. Job submissions will draw from cpu hour //allocations// associated with the respective Research Programmes. Full details of these procedures and steps to follow to get registered may be found at the following link to the User Portal: 
[[https://users.chpc.ac.za/]].


  * **{{:chpc-user-database-and-procedures-feb2016-v4.pdf|Procedure to follow for making use of CHPC resources}}**

Procedure for Principal Investigators to add users under their Research Programme is as follows:
  - Log onto the CHPC User Portal (https://users.chpc.ac.za)
  - Navigate to the desired research programme (https://users.chpc.ac.za/programme/)
  - Click on "Edit Programme"
  - Select the name of the registered person you wish to add from the "person to add.." list
  - Click on "Add person"
  - Click on "Save"


====Eligible Countries====

Full time permanent staff members of an academic research institution in the following countries may apply on the CHPC user portal website to be a PI: 
  * Republic of South Africa
  * Namibia
  * Botswana
  * Republic of Angola
  * Union of the Comoros
  * Democratic Republic of Congo
  * Kingdom of Eswatini
  * Ghana
  * Kenya
  * Kingdom of Lesotho
  * Madagascar
  * Malawi
  * Republic of Mauritius
  * Mozambique
  * Seychelles
  * United Republic of Tanzania
  * Zambia
  * Zimbabwe




=====Priority projects:===== 

**The CHPC is mandated to support high priority and time-critical projects for weather and pandemic forecasting which need to be prioritised for usage of CHPC resources from time to time. In order to achieve timeous results for national decision-making, the termination of some running jobs may be required without prior warning when cluster usage is high.**