NIDS How-To Guides
Practical guides for everyone involved in NIDS:
- How to Create an Assignment — step-by-step guide for contributors building a new educational assignment
- How to Access NRP — guide for students and facilities requesting access to the National Research Platform
- How to get NRP Help — where to get help with the National Research Platform (chat, email, community meetings)
- How to Access Expanse — guide for students getting an ACCESS account, logging in to SDSC Expanse, and starting a notebook
- How to get Expanse Help — where to get help with SDSC Expanse (consulting desk, documentation, training)
Additional Content
Expanse Help
Where to get help with SDSC Expanse: the SDSC consulting desk, the ACCESS help desk, system status, documentation, and training.
How to Connect and Use Resources on Expanse
Student guide for getting an ACCESS account, logging in to SDSC Expanse, and starting a Jupyter notebook.
ACCESS Help
Where to get help with ACCESS (the NSF national cyberinfrastructure): help tickets, the Ask.CI community forum, documentation, and training.
How to Connect and Use Resources on NRP
Student guide for getting onto the NRP, signing in to JupyterHub, and cloning a NIDS module.
NRP Help
Where to get help with the National Research Platform (NRP): chat support, contact form, community meetings, and documentation.
How to Create a NIDS Assignment
Step-by-step guide for contributors creating a Network Infrastructure Data Science (NIDS) educational assignment.