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Get a CMS LPC analysis cluster computing account at Fermilab and Badge information

Do you need a Fermilab Badge?

It may take up to 4-6 weeks for computing accounts (and/or site access) to be granted, please take that into account for your application.

For new FNAL computing (and CMS LPC analysis cluster) accounts, the same form (described below) will be used for remote and onsite account access. You can only request a year of any access. For your primary work location put "WH 11X" if you are visiting the LPC, otherwise put your expected building/floor you are working on. Take care with the dates you put as they will override any previous requests. If you intend to come for more than one trip or your plans may change within that year, please request the full time with "Intermittent access".

If you currently or have had a previous Fermilab computing account, please see the Renew Fermilab accounts/cmslpc cluster account page.

Obtaining a CMS LPC analysis cluster computing account and Fermilab accounts

It may take up to 4-6 weeks for computing accounts (and/or site access) to be granted, please take that into account for your application.

If you are a new Affiliate/User you need to obtain Fermilab and CMS LPC analysis cluster accounts filling out
this form for Affiliates and Users. Be sure to choose CMS AT FERMILAB as your experiment and use ONLY Dee Hahn as your Point of Contact. Support documentation for this whole process including a video can be found at the Campus Access & Experience page. Take note of the CMS specific details below.

Fermilab computing account request details

To understand each of the form options, they are described below.
  • If you have already filled out the new account/badge request in the forms linked above and received an email with the subject: "Welcome to the CMS LPC CAF (Central Analysis Facility)" or "Welcome to the USCMS UAF (Central Analysis Facility)", then you have Fermilab accounts, and should not need the information below.
  • Fill out the Access Request Form for Affiliate/User
  • Provide your OrcID (CERN instructions for obtaining OrcID)
  • Fermilab Point of Contact name: Dee Hahn
    • In some cases, Dee Hahn or Bo Jayatilaka will email you to ask you and/or your Institutional Contact some additional questions, you must modify these as needed for your particular case. Note that your account request will NOT proceed until these are answered:
    • Purpose of access: Collaborate with CMS colleagues and participate to LPC events
    • Specific activities or involvement specific to the individual: CMS data analysis: specify
    • Subjects to be discussed: your analysis, detector work, shift, and or event(s) listed here
    • Specific facilities and security areas to be granted access: CMS LPC cluster and Wilson Hall (the latter only if on-site)
    • Types of information to be accessible: No sensitive information
    • Access granted to systems: CMS LPC computing cluster
    • Access mechanisms: Kerberos account; if onsite Badge ID
  • Select "CMS AT FERMILAB" as your experiment - NOT any others!

  • When will you need access to Fermilab's computing systems?: Choose dates for one year, BE CAREFUL as the system will start providing computing access on the first date you choose for remote, and you will not be allowed onsite for dates outside the onsite dates. Note that you will get a renewal email sixty days before your remote computing access expires, please put in the renewal in advance.
  • Onsite access: if your plans incluse more than one visit over a year, please put a full range of dates and intermittent. For your primary work location put "WH 11X" if you are visiting the LPC, otherwise put your expected building/floor you are working on. Be sure to have your Remote access a full year to continue your computing access (you will be able to submit a renewal 60 days before expiration using the expiration date as a start date). If you select Fermilab housing, you will need to contact them separately to make arrangements at least two weeks before your stay.
  • Home Institution: For your Home Institution - the institution/place from which you are employed should be entered
  • Institution point of contact name: Your institutional point of contact name should be the CMS person, from your institution, that can vouch for your work on CMS, and may be required to answer questions by email for your account renewal to proceed.
  • Any username requests should go into the additional relevant information section
  • Complete and submit your request. You will receive e-mail notifications about the status of your request. Certain stages of the process may take up to four-six weeks. Support documentation for this whole process including a video can be found at the Campus Access & Experience page. Contact LPC computing support if your request is not proceeding
  • After the application is submitted, you may be contacted to provide more information. That includes, but is not limited to a requirement from the DOE: "Effective February 1, 2019, all non-U.S. citizens who request new (or renewed) onsite or remote access may require the submission of a curriculum vitae (CV)/resume". Questions are given on the Fermilab application detailing what is needed for the CV.
  • You will get emails about doing onboarding with FermiWorks, be sure to check your Junk/Spam folders if you cannot find those. More documentation about this can be found at the Campus Access & Experience page about "Onboarding".
  • Basic Computer Security training is required to be completed at the time the request for a new or renewed account is made. There will be a link to the training material on the request form, and you must provide confirmation that you completed training upon form submission.

  • Take note that you will obtain Fermilab Services, Windows, and Kerberos credentials with instructions by email how to obtain the password from the Service Desk. The cmslpc (CMS LPC CAF) account will work anywhere from 1 hour to 1 full business day after the ticket is closed and you get the email with the subject line "Welcome to the CMS LPC CAF (Central Analysis Facility)".

Already have Fermilab credentials but not a CMS AT FERMILAB - cmslpc computing account

If you already have active Fermilab credentials (see example sitations below), but have never gotten the "Welcome to the CMS LPC CAF (Central Analysis Facility)" or "Welcome to the USCMS UAF (Central Analysis Facility)" email and cannot login to cmslpc cluster, you need to put in a "Update my Affiliation/Experiment/Collaboration membership Request".
  • Renewed with Fermilab when you had never gotten an E-892/919 (CMS) - or CMS AT FERMILAB account before (never did a New Account Request for "E-892/919 (CMS)" or "CMS AT FERMILAB"
  • Chose a different VO/Experiment when you did your account request or are moving experiments
  • If you think you already have an account, be sure to check the debugging information on the How to Connect page
Follow these directions:
  • Fill out the a "Update my Affiliation/Experiment/Collaboration membership Request" form.
    • Authenticate with FNAL SSO (either Services username/password or Kerberos after one-time browser configuration, follow directions on the page)
    • Click "Add" to add an Affiliation.
    • Click the magnifying glass to search, and choose "CMS AT FERMILAB", nothing else
    • You have the option to put your CMS grid certificate in the form, follow the output of voms-proxy-info -identity, looking like /DC=ch/DC=cern/OU=Organic Units/OU=Users/CN=CERNusername/CN=555555/CN=Full Username. If you do not put the grid certificate in at this time and/or have a different CERN username, you can have it added to Fermilab's database later using the "CMS storage space request" form
    • Note that if you wish to remove an affiliation, use this form:
  • Your account is complete when you have received the "Welcome to the CMS LPC CAF (Central Analysis Facility)" or "Welcome to the USCMS UAF (Central Analysis Facility)" email. Note that some systems may take up to 1 business day (FNAL time) to synchronize, if there are delays beyond that please contact LPC support

Note about EOS T3_US_FNALLPC Storage Element (SE) space

Note: Your FNAL EOS area is created but cannot be written to by CRAB (T3_US_FNALLPC), unless you provided your grid certificate (and CERN username) upon account application or renewal. After account is created: follow directions at the Using EOS at the LPC page to get your grid certificate linked to your T3_US_FNALLPC EOS area.

Check Status of current request and/or get help

Using your RITM number from your access request, enter into the Request Status form.
The Campus Access site has documentation on the various steps for remote and onsite access requests, note you should be receiving emails about your request, starting with the first RITM email.
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