Accessing the System

How to Request Access to ICRN

ICRN is available to anyone affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a NetID and NetID password. You do not need to request access from Illinois Computes prior to logging in to ICRN.

How to Log In

  1. Go to the ICRN log in page and click Sign in with CILogon.

    ICRN login page with CILogon button.
  2. Verify University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the selected identity provider and click Log On.

    CILogon screen with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign selected from dropdown menu.
  3. Log on with your <NetID>@illinois.edu account, NetID password, and University of Illinois Duo MFA, when prompted.

  4. In Server Options, use the drop-down menus to select the Image and Resource you want to use and click Start. Go to Resource Limits per User for information about the resource allocations in each option.

    ICRN server options drop-down menus with the start button.

    You are now logged in to the ICRN JupyterLab environment. To change your server options, stop and re-start your server.

How to Change Server Options

You can only run one server at a time, to switch between sever configurations (Image and Resource combinations), you need to stop and re-start your server.

Warning

This will stop any processes running in your environment.

  1. In your current JupyterLab environment, open the File menu and select Hub Control Panel.

    Note

    If you are using RStudio, you need to navigate to https://jupyter.ncsa.illinois.edu/hub/home instead.

    File menu.
    File menu with hub control panel option highlighted.
  2. Click Stop My Server.

  3. Click Start My Server.

  4. Select the Image and Resource options you want to use and click Start.

    ICRN server options drop-down menus with the start button.