{"id":837,"date":"2018-08-29T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T16:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hpc\/?page_id=837"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:20:28","slug":"globus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/globus\/","title":{"rendered":"Globus"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact Advanced Research Computing<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:ask-arc@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact Advanced Research Computing: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">ask-arc&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/app.globus.org\/\">Globus Login<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/\">Globus Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/obtaining-an-account\/\">Request a Monsoon Account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h1 id=\"globus\">Globus<\/h1>\n<p>Globus\u2019s straightforward web-based interface makes it simple to share data between Monsoon and other educational\/research institutions, without the need for a command line or extensive technical knowledge.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No matter how large the dataset, Globus transfers are fault-tolerant and move directly between endpoints, with optional encryption.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s also great for more everyday needs: transfer data between Monsoon, NAU OneDrive, NAU Google Drive, and Windows\/Mac\/Linux workstations!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"simple-transfer\">Making a simple transfer<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-3906\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-home-to-onedrive-600x419.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-home-to-onedrive-600x419.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-home-to-onedrive-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-home-to-onedrive-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-home-to-onedrive.png 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose your source &amp; target \u201ccollections\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>search \u201cnau\u201d and choose <strong>NAU HPC Filesystems<\/strong>, <strong>OneDrive<\/strong>, or <strong>Google Drive<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>or search for your workstation&#8217;s Globus Connect Personal collection<\/li>\n<li>or search for a collaborator\u2019s email\/Guest Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to your desired source &amp; target directories\n<ul>\n<li>you can manually enter a path in the box beneath a collection title<\/li>\n<li>or you can navigate using each collection\u2019s file-browser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select the files\/folders you wish to transfer and click \u201cStart\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>you can immediately close your browser window!<\/li>\n<li>the endpoints will continue to manage your transfer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Check the status of your transfer any time\n<ul>\n<li>login to globus from any browser and click \u201cActivity\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Globus offers excellent, detailed instructions on how to transfer files:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/guides\/tutorials\/manage-files\/transfer-files\/\">https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/guides\/tutorials\/manage-files\/transfer-files\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"use-cases\">Use Cases<\/h2>\n<p>While Globus is made for transferring large data sets quickly and optionally securely, its not a fit for all data transfer use cases.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"when-to-use-globus\">When to Use Globus<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You want to avoid the command line (cli tools are available, but not covered here).<\/li>\n<li>You have large or many files to transfer.<\/li>\n<li>You want to transfer data in the background.<\/li>\n<li>You need high data transfer speeds.<\/li>\n<li>You need to make sure data loss does not occur.<\/li>\n<li>You need to transfer data over an unstable connection.<\/li>\n<li>You want to share your data with your colleges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"globus-documentation\">Using Globus<\/h2>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Logging Into Globus_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Logging Into Globus <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>Since Globus is third-party software, you will need to search for the correct organization to log in with your NAU account. To do this, you must:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Navigate to the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.globus.org\/\">Globus login site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In the &ldquo;Look-up your organization&rdquo; box, type and select <strong>Northern Arizona University<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Read the <em>Terms of Service<\/em> along with the <em>Privacy Policy<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Press the <strong>Continue<\/strong> button to log in via NAU.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3082 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Screenshot-from-2023-12-27-08-27-40.png\" alt=\"Globus Login Page\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\" align=\"middle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Screenshot-from-2023-12-27-08-27-40.png 707w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Screenshot-from-2023-12-27-08-27-40-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/Screenshot-from-2023-12-27-08-27-40-600x519.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Globus consent prompts_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Globus consent prompts <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>Globus requires explicit consent for many actions, the first time you do them. These consents are similar to the permissions-requirements presented when installing a smartphone app, and may be revoked at any time. You may read more about them in the official documentation:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/guides\/overviews\/clients-scopes-and-consents\/\">https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/guides\/overviews\/clients-scopes-and-consents\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-3922\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-consents-600x469.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-consents-600x469.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-consents-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-consents-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-consents.png 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Accessing Monsoon\u2019s Filesystems_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Accessing Monsoon\u2019s Filesystems <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>To access files in Monsoon&rsquo;s \/home, \/scratch, \/projects, or \/common filesystems, you will need our <strong>NAU HPC Filesystems<\/strong> collection:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Make sure you are logged into Globus with your NAU account.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the File Manager (if you aren&rsquo;t there already).<\/li>\n<li>Near the top of the page, click on the search bar next to the <strong>Collection<\/strong>&nbsp;label.<\/li>\n<li>In the search bar, type <strong>NAU HPC<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the result that contains <strong>NAU HPC Filesystems<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-3909\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-monsoon-collections-search-mockup-600x324.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-monsoon-collections-search-mockup-600x324.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-monsoon-collections-search-mockup-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-monsoon-collections-search-mockup-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/208\/globus-monsoon-collections-search-mockup.png 851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By default, this will place you in your home directory in Monsoon located at <span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: monospace;border: 1px solid;border-radius: 4px;padding: 0px 4px 0px;border-color: #BBBBBB\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\">\/home\/&lt;NAUID&gt;\/<\/span>.&nbsp;You can navigate to your <span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: monospace;border: 1px solid;border-radius: 4px;padding: 0px 4px 0px;border-color: #BBBBBB\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\">\/scratch\/&lt;NAUID&gt;\/<\/span>&nbsp; or&nbsp; <span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: monospace;border: 1px solid;border-radius: 4px;padding: 0px 4px 0px;border-color: #BBBBBB\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\">\/projects\/&lt;PROJECT&gt;\/<\/span>&nbsp; directory by entering it in the <strong>Path<\/strong> box, or by clicking the <strong>up one folder<\/strong>&nbsp;button a couple times.<\/p>\n<p>Then choose the &ldquo;other side&rdquo; of your transfer&ndash; you have many options! (Note you may need to select the 2-panel view using the icons in the top-right of the Globus file-manager.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can use the <strong>NAU OneDrive<\/strong> or <strong>NAU Google Drive<\/strong> collections<\/li>\n<li>You can choose another, different area within <strong>NAU HPC Filesystems<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You can search for a collaborator&rsquo;s guest-collection by its name, or by their email address<\/li>\n<li>You can install Globus Connect Personal on your workstation to create a personal collection there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then simply select the files you want to copy on one side, and click the &ldquo;Start&rdquo; button!<\/p>\n<p><b>More information:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Details on <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/globus-collections-at-nau\/\">Globus collections available at NAU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You may install the small Globus app on your workstation to transfer files to\/from any of NAU&rsquo;s collections! Globus offers excellent, detailed instructions here:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/globus-connect-personal\/\">https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/globus-connect-personal\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Sharing Monsoon Files with Collaborators_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Sharing Monsoon Files with Collaborators <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<p>One of the greatest benefits of using Globus is that it is already used by many other universities and research institutions. Most institutions that utilize Globus allow their users to create <b>Guest Collections<\/b> that can be read from (and optionally written to!) by collaborators from other institutions. Instructions are linked below.<\/p>\n<p>Creating a guest collection can be a more advanced topic, but the ARC staff are happy to answer any questions and assist in creating a sharing setup: just email us at ask-arc@nau.edu!<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Details on <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/globus-collections-at-nau\/\">Globus collections available at NAU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Globus offers excellent, detailed instructions on sharing files with\/from collaborators:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/guides\/tutorials\/manage-files\/share-files\/\">https:\/\/docs.globus.org\/guides\/tutorials\/manage-files\/share-files\/<\/a><br>\nNote: images for steps 3\/4 are swapped!<\/li>\n<li>Globus also has a tutorial video:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bpnVcAN99WY\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bpnVcAN99WY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"additional-support\">Additional Support<\/h2>\n<p>If you are still having trouble using Globus, please consider attending one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/workshops\/\">Globus workshops<\/a> to develop hands-on experience. If our workshop schedule doesn&#8217;t suit your needs, you can also <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0to get personalized support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Globus Globus\u2019s straightforward web-based interface makes it simple to share data between Monsoon and other educational\/research institutions, without the need for a command line or extensive technical knowledge. No matter how large the dataset, Globus transfers are fault-tolerant and move directly between endpoints, with optional encryption. 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