ARCHIVED: Use the IU Globus Web App to access your home directory or Geode-Project space

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Overview
Access the IU Globus Web App
Access your home directory space or a Geode-Project space
Create a bookmark
Get help

Overview

Geode is a disk-based online storage system that provides home directory space for users of Indiana University's research supercomputers and the Geode-Project fee-based storage service for IU research projects. Geode is co-located at the IU data centers in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Files stored on Geode are replicated, by default, at each data center. Home directories and Geode-Project spaces are accessible directly from all IU research supercomputers and remotely from personal workstations connected to the IU campus network. For current Geode-Project fee information, see "Replicated Research Storage (Geode)" on UITS Rates for Direct-Bill Services.

If you have an account on one of the IU research supercomputers, you can use the IU Globus Web App to access your home directory space or any Geode-Project space you are permitted to access.

Important:

Before storing data on any of Indiana University's research computing or storage systems, make sure you understand the information in Types of sensitive institutional data appropriate for UITS Research Technologies services.

Make sure you do not include sensitive institutional data as part of a file's filename or pathname.

Access the IU Globus Web App

To access the IU Globus Web App:

In your web browser, go to the IU Globus Web App.
Under "Use your existing organizational login", use the drop-down list to find and select Indiana University.
Click Continue.
Log in with your IU username and passphrase, and then confirm your identity with Two-Step Login (Duo).

Access your home directory space or a Geode-Project space

To access your home directory space or a Geode-Project space in the IU Globus Web App:

From File Manager, click in the text field next to "Collection", and then type IU to automatically reveal a list of available IU collections.
Scroll through the list to find the IURT - Geode collection, and then click its name to activate it.
Click in the "Path" field, enter the appropriate path, as follows, and press Enter or Return:
- Home directory: To access your home directory space, enter the following path (replace username with your IU username):
```
/geode/home/username
```
- Geode-Project space: Depending on the security settings of a Geode-Project, you may be able to find the top-level directory in one of the directories under /geode/projects. Alternatively, you may have to know the exact path to enter into the "Path" field. Some examples:
```
/geode/projects/project_name/G1
/geode/projects/project_name/share
/geode/projects/project_name
```
  If you think you should have access to a Geode-Project that's not available to you, contact your department's IT Pro.

Note:

Although you can use the Home folder within the IURT - Geode collection's root directory to navigate to your home directory space, the IU Globus Web App will most likely time out while listing the contents of that folder due to the large number of home directory spaces. For best results, enter the appropriate path, as described above, and then create a bookmark (see below) that you can use as a shortcut back to your space in future sessions.
To use an IU system as a collection, you must have an account on that system. For eligibility and account creation information, see the Research system accounts (all campuses) section of Computing accounts at IU.
When activating an IU collection, you won't be prompted to log in; the IU Globus Web App automatically passes your IU username and passphrase to the collection.

For more about using the IU Globus Web App, see Use the IU Globus Web App to transfer data to and from your accounts on IU's research computing and storage systems.

Create a bookmark

To return to the same space in future sessions, create a bookmark within the IU Globus Web App. To do so, use the instructions above to activate the appropriate collection and path, and then:

To the right of the "Path" field, click Bookmark (the ribbon icon).
Give the bookmark a name, and then click Create Bookmark.

Your bookmarks are saved under the Bookmarks icon in the menubar on the left side of the IU Globus Web App.

Get help

Geode is operated by the Research Storage team within the Research Technologies division of UITS. If you have questions about Geode, home directory space on the IU research supercomputers, or Geode-Project space, email the Research Storage team.