Accounts for Minerva are maintained in a LDAP database, separate from other AEI facilities.

See the policy page.

Please prepare and provide the following information:

• full name
• username – by default, your AEI account name will be used (if applicable)
• group membership(s) – e.g. acr, aei, lsc, guest
• e-mail address – @aei.mpg.de or @home_institution, no @googlemail.com
• name and e-mail address of host – if applicable
• account expiration date – ISO style YYYY-MM-DD preferred
• a valid SSH public key (RSA, ED25519, ECDSA) as e-mail attachment (to avoid line breaks and added characters)

• For approval, please provide the scientific reason, and an estimate of the usage of the cluster.

According to the Policy, a confirmation from the Director may be is necessary, see below.

You will receive a confirmation (from the ticket system) when your account is being created, your e-mail address will be subscribed to the minerva-users@aei.mpg.de mailinglist.
When you have received the mailinglist notification you may start to use your account. Please report any irregularities!

Please proceed to the First Steps page.

To apply for a Minerva or Hypatia account, send a request to hpc-support@aei.mpg.de with the necessary information, and CC alessandra.buonanno@aei.mpg.de for approval!

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