How to use Globus

Introduction

Globus is a non-profit service for moving, syncing, and sharing large amounts of data asynchronously in the background. Transfers are done from and to, so called, endpoints. In order to perform a file transfer from one location to another using the Globus service, both ends must have an endpoint.

ZINC Globus Endpoint Name

UCSF BKS Lab Guest Collection

Step 1

Create an account to log in to Globus. There are a couple ways:

1. Use an Organization's login
   • If you are associated to an organization in the drop down list, you can use your organization's login to create an account.
   • You can also sign up using a Google account or ORCiD ID
2. Create a Globus ID

Step 2

To install and create a Globus Personal Endpoint:

1. Log in.
2. On the left side of the page, click the "ENDPOINTS" button on the navigation bar.
3. Then, on the top right, click "Create a Personal Endpoint".
4. Download based on your Operating System.
5. Execute the file and follow the on screen install instructions.
6. Double check that your collection is available by going to "ENDPOINTS" then to "Administered By You" which is on the top middle of the page.

***Instructions on how to install are provided here ***

Step 3

Once you have your endpoint, go back to the file manager tab on the navigation bar to begin file transfer.

1. Click on the collection input box on the left panel and then click the "Your Collections" tab.
2. Choose the collection that you made.
3. Now you should see something like this:

1. Next, on the right panel, click on the collection input box and type in UCSF BKS Lab Guest Collection
2. Click on the UCSF BKS Lab Guest Collection collection.
3. Now both panels are ready to transfer files to and from.
4. Choose a file or folder and click the blue start button at the bottom.