RE: Make an environment that can be accessed by the public? Brian Wayne Beck https://conferences.xsede.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&messageId=2507419 2020-07-07T03:49:08Z 2020-07-07T03:49:08Z

Yes. You could use a Jetstream VM.<br />You’d have to:<br />* get an allocation<br />* request enough service units (cores * hours) to cover a server running during the window of time the reviewers would use it. It would likely need to be 24/7 since you wouldn’t know when the reviewers would access the VM.<br />* request API access because standard access does not include a static IP<br />* deploy a VM and customize it with your software stack<br />* create one or more custom user accounts unique to your VM, the credentials of which could be shared with reviewers<br /><br />The only problematic part would be making sure the VM was deployed during a window you KNEW the reviewers would use it. You could of course request 8760 x cores to run 24/7/365 but that’s brute force.<br /><br />There are smarter more elegant ways to do this that I’d be happy to talk to you about. I also recommend you consider talking to the folks at https://sciencegateways.org to get advice.<br /><br /> -Brian Beck<br /><br />help@jetstream-cloud.org

Brian Wayne Beck 2020-07-07T03:49:08Z