As a scientist, you can use your institutional credentials to authenticate yourself, so you do not need to remember yet another password. This is made possible by SURFconext and SRAM.

First time

The first time you log in to the SURF Research Cloud you need to go through a slightly confusing procedure.
No worries, open the SRAM login flow in a new tab and keep it as a support page.

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Next time you log in, you will not need to do steps 5 and 6, but you will see some redirections happen in your browser.

Lost password procedure

The Research Cloud does not know your login credentials, the SURFconext login procedure makes sure of that.

As a consequence, we cannot help you when you lost your password -- you will have to contact the helpdesk of your institute.

I have left the institute

When you are no longer connected to your institute, your login will stop to work and you will not be able to access your data or workspaces. 

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