Account Creation

Overview of how to create your account and obtain SFTP credentials

The metadata management system is separated into two websites. The SEEK and NExtSEEK websites. The two websites are closely linked, and both are used for slightly different things. Account creation along with project assignment is on the SEEK website, while all search and downloading of metadata will be on the NExtSEEK site.

Primarily, you will be using the NExtSEEK site to search metadata and identify the files that you are interested in downloading. You then will download those samples to obtain the SFTP paths that are needed to actually download the file. More information surrounding this will be on the Downloading Data page. Below is an overview of how to create accounts / obtain SFTP credentials.

1. Head to the SEEK website to request an account

   There are two pages of registration, both are shown below.

Very straightforward. Username/password/email. Please use your institutional email. Following filling out these fields, click register

Set your project to Cancer_Systems_Biology_Consortium(CSBC). Set your institution to your Institution, but if that institution is not available, set it to the White Lab and we will create your institution/lab.

1. Following account creation, you will receive and email with a link to validate your account. Please do so

2. Once a member of the BMC team approves your account, you will get another email with an SFTP username and password

These are going to be two sets of credentials.

• You use your SEEK Username and Password for the SEEK/NExtSEEK websites (again primarily using the NExtSEEK website)

• You will use your SFTP credentials to push and pull data files.