Set or Reset Your Password

Overview

The steps to set an initial password or to reset a password on an existing account are:

1. Ensure that your Proposed Password Complies with PSC's Password Policy
2. Visit the Website: apr.psc.edu
3. Enter the Required Information
4. Enter the Security Code Sent in Email
5. Enter Your Password

How to Set or Reset Your Password

1. Ensure that your Proposed Password Complies with PSC's Password Policy

   To keep accounts secure, PSC has developed a secure password policy. This policy includes a minimum password length and a password character composition requirement. To review these requirements visit: https://www.psc.edu/user-resources/password-policies

2. Visit the Website: apr.psc.edu

   To begin the password reset process, visit apr.psc.edu and click on the gray Start button on the bottom of the screen.

   

3. Enter the Required Information

   To set (or re-set) your password, you will need to enter your PSC username and the email address that is on file at the center. The username is usually (but not always) the same as your XSEDE portal ID. The email address on file is usually (but not always) the email address associated with your XSEDE Portal Account.

   

4. Enter the Security Code Sent in Email

   You will receive an email message that contains a unique security code similar to that shown in the following figure:

   

   Enter this code on the webpage and click on the gray Submit button on the bottom of the screen.

   

5. Enter Your Password

   Enter a new password (twice) that complies with PSC's password policy