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 John F B https://conferences.xsede.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&messageId=2506916 2020-07-06T19:42:43Z 2020-07-06T19:41:27Z

Dear all,<br />I&#039;m new to the Jetstream/XSEDE environment. I was pointed in this direction because I have developed some programs that are used for interpreting mass spectrometry data. I want to publish those programs but to do so I need to make them readily accessible to reviewers. So someone suggested that I create a virtual machine on Jetstream and share it with the reviewers. <br /><br />In discussion with the journal though, I was told that for anonymity&#039;s sake the reviewers need to be able to access the system *without registration or login*. So they must not create an XSEDE account in order to access the system. <br /><br />I was wondering if it was still possible to use this avenue though, by creating a virtual machine that would be publicly accessible without registration or login. Again I&#039;m very new to this system so I don&#039;t know if what I&#039;m asking for is impossible or what, but I&#039;m wondering if it can be done on Jetstream. I did a search for this both on https://portal.xsede.org/jetstream and on these forums and didn&#039;t think I found an answer, which is why I&#039;m asking here.<br /><br />Thank you for your time

John F B 2020-07-06T19:41:27Z