Science Gateways

NERSC science gateways bring the work of our users to collaborators and the world. There are several ways in which users can share files stored at NERSC with others.

Sharing Files on the Community File System

Users may create a simple, static web portal in their project directory on the Community File System by placing world-readable content into a /www subdirectory within their project directory. The files are served from a URL of the form https://portal.nersc.gov/cfs/DIRNAME/ where DIRNAME is the name of the project directory in which the /www directory resides. Both /DIRNAME and /www must be world readable.

Sharing Files in a Project Directory on HPSS

Users may share files in our HPSS archive by creating a world-readable subdirectory at /home/projects/DIRNAME/www where DIRNAME is the name of a world-readable directory in a project's HPSS space. The files are served from a URL of the form https://portal.nersc.gov/archive/home/projects/DIRNAME/www/.

Sharing Files in a Home Directory on HPSS

Users may also share files in HPSS by creating a world-readable subdirectory at /home/U/USERNAME/www where U is a directory named for the first letter of the user's username and USERNAME is the user's HPSS home directory. Both /U and /USERNAME must be world readable. The files are served from a URL of the form https://portal.nersc.gov/archive/home/U/USERNAME/www/.

Building a Web App in Spin

More complex web sites or web apps can be hosted on NERSC's Spin infrastructure. Spin allows users to create science gateways and other services that run in a container. Users must have an active NERSC account and complete an instructor-led workshop or self-guided training for access to Spin.

For more information, please visit the science gateways documentation and the Spin documentation.