Getting started

To get started with globus download Globus Connect Personal client by getting an installer for your machine here. Once you install Globus connect personal on your machine it will now be what is considered a globus endpoint once the program is running.

Installing Globus

When you first run the installer it will ask you to log in. Select University of Texas at San Antonio and follow the prompts. When prompted for a login on installation you will select University of Texas at San Antonio and log in via your UTSA ID and password.

After you log in you'll be asked to give permissions to the application and add a tag to your machine to give it a unique identifier. Chose an identifier that lets you identify the machine you're installing it on (home laptop, office desktop, etc).

After you enter in an identifier for the machine you need to create an initial collection. A collection is a directory on your machine that you can use to share from, it will be searchable on the globus network when you log into https://app.globus.org when your machine is on and globus is running. More info at this link. Try using a name that is unique to you so you can set up something that is distinctly searchable when you need to share collections.

Detailed instructions for windows/mac/linux can be found at this link.