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Lab services & requesting access
The catalog of everything the lab runs for its members — one lab account, the apps it unlocks, chat, and the public pages.
The lab runs its own services so we don’t depend on third parties for the day-to-day. This page is the catalog: what’s available, who it’s for, and how to request access.
Most member services now share one lab account — a single username
(f.lastname) and password. If you already received yours, start with
Your NUILab account — first sign-in
.
The lab apps (one account)
Sign in once and dashboard.nuilab.org (opens in new tab) shows you exactly the apps you have — it’s the front door. What you see depends on your role in the lab.
Each app’s Sign-in column says which login it uses — most take the lab account, a few have their own login.
| App | What it’s for | Sign-in |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard (opens in new tab) | Your app launcher — start here. Shows the services available to you. | Lab account |
| Files (opens in new tab) | Shared lab files (OpenCloud) — documents, project materials, sync clients available. | Lab account |
| Archive (opens in new tab) | Long-term / large-file archive (read-mostly companion to Files). | Lab account |
| Member Docs (opens in new tab) | The members-only documentation site — setup guides and how-tos. | Lab account |
| Git (opens in new tab) | Self-hosted Git (Forgejo) for lab repositories — use Sign in with NUILab. See the Git guide . | Lab account |
| Inventory (opens in new tab) | The lab’s equipment / asset system (Snipe-IT) — look up and track lab gear. | Lab account |
| Systems (opens in new tab) | Read-only status of the lab’s machines and infrastructure. | Lab account |
| Lab machine login | The same lab account signs you into lab computers (where you’ve been given access) — for GPU work, experiments, and course projects. | Lab account |
| Sign (opens in new tab) | Document signing (DocuSeal). Signing a document needs no account at all — you get an email link. | Own account (only for people who create and send documents — invited separately) |
| Metrics (opens in new tab) | Host monitoring dashboard (Beszel) — resource stats for lab machines. | Own small login (issued separately with your account) |
| Mattermost (opens in new tab) | The lab’s chat — channels, DMs, threads. Self-hosted (it’s like Slack). | Own login (the chat account you already have) |
Coming soon
| Service | Status |
|---|---|
| Research apps | Local-inference tools and an “ask my files” assistant on the lab’s GPU machines. Rolling out — more info coming. |
| Compute scheduling | Running larger workloads (GPU jobs, etc.) on lab machines with fair scheduling — more info coming. |
Open to anyone (no account)
- Lab status (opens in new tab) — public status page for the lab’s machines.
- Service status (opens in new tab) — whether the lab’s services (chat, git, inventory, …) are up right now.
- Agentic AI handbook (opens in new tab) — the lab’s public handbook on agentic AI.
- Lab website (opens in new tab) — the main NUILab site.
- This site — public help and onboarding docs.
How to request access
There’s no self-signup. To get a lab account (or add a service to the one you have), contact Francisco:
- on Mattermost (opens in new tab) , if you’re already in the lab chat,
- by email, or
- in person in the lab.
Say who you are and what you need. Accounts are handed out by direct message with a first-sign-in guide: Your NUILab account .
After you have an account
The detailed setup and usage guides live in the members-only Member Docs (opens in new tab) — sign in with your lab account. If you’re not sure where to start: first sign-in , then the Dashboard.
Source: content/onboarding/lab-services.md · maintained in the lab docs repository.