Accounts

Creating New Accounts

[May 09, 2008 16:59] The Instructional Toolkit is now available.

Many computing resources at UVa require the user to have an account. This document provides links to creating new accounts for those managed by ITC. Other accounts on-Grounds may be administered elsewhere - check the Related Links menu for additional types of accounts not managed here.
Account What's It For Who Can Get One
Accounts for new users

New Students Account Creation for Undergrad and Grad Students

 The new students account creation site will give you your UVa computing ID and password to access to the following services:
  • NetBadge (Authentication, WebMail, Network Registration, UVaCollab)
  • Central Mail Service (email)
  • Home Directory (file storage, personal Web space)
  • Eservices (lab and library access)
  • Instructional Toolkit
entering undergrad and graduate students
Faculty and Staff Accounts are established on Eservices, Home Directory and blue.unix.virginia.edu for all faculty and staff. Use the link at the left to activate those accounts and obtain your ID and password. faculty, staff
New Students Account Creation for Continuing Education Students

The Continuing Education site provides instructions for setting up the following account:

  • Central Mail Service (email)

See instructions

 entering Continuing Education students
Accounts for Central Services
Network Registration All devices (including wireless) connecting to the UVa network must be registered in order to gain access students, faculty, staff, guests with UVa sponsor
Central Mail Service Email students, faculty, staff*

Blue Unix/Home Directory

 Web pages, file storage space - account is automatically created for all users except Continuing Education students. Click on the link to the left to get the ID and password. students, faculty, staff*
Instructional Toolkit Class home pages students, faculty, staff
Eservices Computing lab and library workstation access, Premium Server clients students, faculty, staff*
Exchange Email, calendaring faculty, staff
Accounts for Access to Restricted Resources
UVa sites from home
UVa Anywhere & UVa Anywhere Lite: Get a Personal Certificate Remote access to Software Central downloads, protected library resources students, faculty, staff
Proxy Server Remote access to Software Central downloads, protected library resources students, faculty, staff
Administrative sites
VPN for Mainframe Only (Mercury) (Also Information Warehouse users without Oracle responsibilities) Log in to the Cisco VPN client prior to making connections to mercury. If you also have Oracle access, use the VPN for Oracle/Mainframe (link below) staff
VPN for Mainframe/Oracle (Mercury & Integrated System) (Also Information Warehouse users with Oracle responsibilities) Log in to the Cisco VPN client prior to making connections to the Integrated System or Mercury. If you do not have Integrated System access, use the Mainframe only section above. staff
Research Computing Resources
Research Computing Systems (HPC clusters, Unixlab) Computation/memory intensive research-related programs faculty, staff, grad students, & undergrads with faculty sponsor
Accounts for hosting websites/Web applications
Blue Unix/Home Directory Personal websites students, faculty, staff
Instructional Toolkit Class sites grad students, faculty, staff
Faculty Web server Faculty sites faculty, grad students with faculty sponsor
Student Council Web server Student organization (CIO) sites students
MySQL server Web-enabled database hosting students, faculty, staff
www.web.virginia.edu Hosting of ASP/.NET/Cold Fusion Web applications and sites using Microsoft server technologies students, faculty, staff

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