Welcome to UAB Research Computing Docs!

UAB Research Computing (RC) is a group of IT and data scientists dedicated technical support for researchers at UAB, specifically related to cloud and cluster computing. The main resources run by UAB RC are the Cheaha cluster computing platform and UAB Cloud (coming soon!). Both of these resources are freely available to use by any researcher or instructor at UAB.

Cheaha Quickstart

Account Registration

UAB User Instructions

Self-register your account using UAB credentials.

Guest Instructions

Access Cheaha as an non-UAB researcher using XIAS. Only available after a UAB employee grants access

Using Cheaha

Open OnDemand

How to use Cheaha through the online web portal

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page