AUGUST 19 ACCESS NEWS

When XSEDE ends on August 31, 2022, the following services will be shut down and will no longer be available:

• The XSEDE-CILogon integration
• Authentication with CILogon after September 1 will work by selecting ACCESS as the identity provider instead of XSEDE. This functionality is available for testing now. More here.
• The XSEDE COmanage
• The XSEDE InCommon Identity Provider
• idp.xsede.org will be replaced by idp.access-ci.org starting September 1. Authentication via idp.access-ci.org is available now for testing. More here. 
• The XSEDE MyProxy service
• The XSEDE MyProxy OAuth service
• The SSO login hub at login.xsede.org

Furthermore, the XSEDE support for the following packages will also end:

• The XSEDE CA Certificate Bundle
• Grid Community Toolkit
• Legacy GridFTP using Grid Community Toolkit or Globus Connect Server 4.x
• RPs with GridFTP services based on Grid Community Toolkit or Globus Connect Server 4.x, configured to authenticate XSEDE (and after September 1, ACCESS) patrons via oa4mp.xsede.org will need to replace these services with a Globus Connect 5.4 installation configured with idp.access-ci.org and a corresponding RP-specific mapfile. See ACCESS CONECT - Deploy Globus Endpoint and details at ACCESS Globus Connect Server v5.4 Installation Guide v1
• GSI-OpenSSH client and server software
• The xdusage command-line client will only report XSEDE usage through mid-August, 2022. ACCESS will introduce a new accessusage command in the coming weeks that reports all XSEDE and ACCESS usage moving forward.

Please reach out to help@xsede.org before August 30, 2022, if you have any questions.

access-ci.org is live! The ACCESS Coordination Office is pleased to introduce the first iteration of our program website, featuring the ACCESS brand. Here you'll find helpful information to make a successful transition from XSEDE to ACCESS. Our full website will go live September 1, as ACCESS becomes fully operational. Stay tuned!

The ACCESS allocations team is preparing for our September start date, maybe you've seen us at one of our presentations to the community: Campus Champions meeting, the Service Provider Forum, the XSEDE Resource Allocation Committee, SURA, NSF ACCESS Town Hall, at PEARC22, and more. We encourage you to review the recent communication to Service Providers (available here) which provides important information about the following topics:

1. Inviting you and your colleagues to join the ACCESS Allocation Review Committee
2. Tiered Opportunities: Explore, Discover, Accelerate, Maximize
3. The Allocations Marketplace

If you have any questions or comments on these materials, we welcome your input via our feedback form and we look forward to sharing more information in the coming months. Watch as the ACCESS website comes together this month as well. Stay tuned!

Please note the following key dates in the transition from XSEDE to ACCESS. Except for a short break in the second half of August, researchers will be able to submit allocation requests following a familiar process for the largest allocations or using new, easier routes for smaller resource needs.

• August 22: The final XSEDE Resource Allocation Committee (XRAC) meeting will be held. As before, researchers will be notified of outcomes prior to September 15.



• September 1: The ACCESS Resource Allocations Marketplace and Platform Services (RAMPS) team will assume management of the allocations process.

Researchers who have current project allocations that were awarded via XSEDE –including projects awarded at the August 22 XRAC meeting – should notice no changes to their resource access after August 31. For projects that expire on December 31, the ACCESS team recommends planning to submit a proposal during the usual September 15 to October 15 submission window under the existing XRAC guidelines.

Researchers whose needs are at the smaller end of the scale should review the new ACCESS Allocations Marketplace information that is previewed on the XSEDE site pending the launch of the ACCESS site.

The goal of the MATCH program is to provide cost-effective scaled support to the broad scientific community using national cyberinfrastructure. You'll find all our important announcements available at the central hub located here. On this note, we wanted to bring a few important pieces of information to your attention:

• The XSEDE User Portal (XUP) is retiring, and the new ACCESS Support Portal will be live on September 1. Please note that, initially, our goal will be to transition basic XUP functionality to enable the research community to continue to use ACCESS resources (previously known as XSEDE resources). Existing content will be moved over, upcoming outages will be displayed, there will be links to request allocations, create/manage ACCESS accounts, and view ACCESS usage metrics.
• ACCESS will not provide an equivalent service to help@xsede.org. ACCESS is investing in tools and resources to make it easier to find the information you need, and you can always submit a helpdesk ticket via the user support web form if you cannot find what you're looking for.
• General XSEDE helpdesk tickets still open on September 1 will be automatically closed, requiring that you resubmit your request when the ACCESS Support portal becomes active on September 1. We encourage you to work with the XSEDE helpdesk to close out any open tickets you have. Tickets assigned to Resource Providers directly will remain open so no action is required for these, although we encourage you to close out those you can.

The Single Sign-On Hub (SSO) will be retired on August 31. If you use SSO to login into remote systems, such as XSEDE Resource Providers like Bridges 2, Expanse, and others, you should contact the helpdesk staff for the specific system you have accounts on for information on how to log in directly. We will also be providing that information on the Advance to ACCESS website.