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 =====Policies===== =====Policies=====
  
-All users are subject to the terms and conditions of the **CHPC User Policies** document.  The latest version (2.4 of 8 August 2019) can be found here:+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_v2.4.pdf|CHPC Accounts Policy Document}}**+  * **{{ :chpc:chpc_accounts_policy-v2.8.pdf |CHPC Accounts Policy Document}}**
  
-New in this update:+**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.
  
-  * More [[guide:gpu|GPUs]] have been added to cluster and the new ''gpu_3'' queue created to accommodate jobs that need three GPU devices. 
  
 =====POPI Privacy Notice===== =====POPI Privacy Notice=====
  
-Important: Privacy+**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.// 
  
-In compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) No. 4 of 2013, please read the CSIR's Privacy Notice: https://www.csir.co.za/csir-privacy-notice 
  
 =====Registration===== =====Registration=====
  
-In order to obtain access to the cluster registration as either a //Principal Investigator// (PI) or //Normal User// on the new **[[https://users.chpc.ac.za/|CHPC User Database]]** is required.  It is further required from approved PI's to register a single //Research Programme// to which registered users can be added as members.  Job submissions will draw from cpu hour //allocations// associated with the respective Research Programmes.  Full details of these new procedures and steps to follow to get registered may be found at the following link to the user database: +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/]]. [[https://users.chpc.ac.za/]].
  
  
   * **{{:chpc-user-database-and-procedures-feb2016-v4.pdf|Procedure to follow for making use of CHPC resources}}**   * **{{: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.**
  
  
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