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ScienceCloud

ScienceCloud provides a variety of computing, storage, and networking services to meet the needs of your computational research. You can provision virtual servers, block storage devices, and set up a firewall for your own private network to create then scale your personal research infrastructure.

Accessing the service

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Learn more about how to get access to the ScienceCloud.

Once you have a ScienceCloud user account, open a web browser and go to https://cloud.science-it.uzh.ch (Javascript and Cookies must be enabled).

Log in to the ScienceCloud Web Interface using the credentials provided:

  • User Name: UZH shortname
  • Password: Active Directory (AD) password
  • Domain: UZH

Attention

For security reasons, you can access ScienceCloud Web Interface only from the UZH internal network. Please use the UZH VPN if you are connecting from off-campus.

Further documention

Please refer to our Web Interface guide to get started.

🔧 Under Development

This documentation provides guidance and information for users of the new version of ScienceCloud. This updated platform introduces enhanced features and improvements.

New features include:

  • Ability to resize GPU-enabled VMs

  • S3 compatibility in Cold Storage

  • Faster data transfer speeds

Please note that this documentation is also under active development and will continue to expand as we work toward making the new version of ScienceCloud production-ready. New content, updates, and guidance will be added regularly.

If you are looking for documentation on the current production version, please refer to the ScienceCloud (Legacy) Documentation.