Accessing HPC@PoliTO Services

Eligibility

Access to HPC@PoliTO is granted to: 

  • Professors; 
  • Researchers; 
  • Doctoral students; 
  • Master's students (for their thesis projects, with requests submitted by academic supervisors); 
  • Educational purposes (classes) and student teams (requests must be submitted by teachers or team supervisors); 

Requesting Access

STEP ONE - Request an HPC@PoliTO account, following these steps: 

  • Visit the HPC@PoliTO homepage
  • Click on the type of account you want to activate
  • Fill in the requested information and send the form via email to hpc@polito.it  (master students must include their supervisor in cc.) 

STEP TWO - Request a PoliTO VPN: 

  • Send an email to 5050@polito.it requesting a VPN account for HPC access (master students should ask their supervisors to request the VPN on their behalf).  
  • Fill out the form indicating "HPC" instead of IP addresses and no ports. 

See the VPN Service page for a more detailed guide.

NOTE:

  • The Legion HPC cluster can only be accessed via SSH protocol.  
  • Users must be familiar with Linux and comfortable working from the command line.