User Interface

The UCloud user interface features a central dashboard and a persistent navigation menu that remains visible on the screen no matter where the user navigates within the platform.

The user interface is designed to provide a user-friendly overview of UCloud resources.

Central Dashboard

The central dashboard provides a broad summary of the user's activities within the currently active project. Users can refresh the section or switch to a different project using the controls located on the top-right side of the central dashboard:

Below the project selector, there are five panels that display the most recent activity updates. By clicking on the title of each panel, users can access a full list of items and/or more detailed information about the activities shown.

Each panel's function is detailed further below.

News

In this panel users can find updates about UCloud maintenance and newly added features.

Resource allocations

This panel displays a summary of the credits available for storage and compute resources in the active project, categorized by products. Each product is associated with an icon on the left side, indicating a specific provider.

The button

Apply for resources

allows the user to start the resource application process.

The panel title links to the Resource allocations page, which summarizes all available storage and compute resources.

Recent runs

This panel shows links to recently executed jobs, which can be marked as: success , failure , running , or expired . By clicking on the name of the job, users can access the progress view of that specific job as well as the results. For more information on this process, refer to the section Submit a Job.

The panel title links to the full lists of jobs.

Providers

This panel lists the providers from which users can obtain storage and computational resources. By clicking on View details, on the top-right side of the panel, users can access detailed information about each provider.

To utilize resources other than those from DeiC interactive HPC, manual connection to each specific provider is necessary. This can be achieved by clicking the

Connect

button located on the right side of each item in the list. This step is essential for accessing the granted resources via the UCloud interface.

Finally, the title of the panel links to the Provider connections list. From this page, users have the option to unlink a specific provider.

Grant applications

This panel reports the status of the latest requests for additional resources from a specific provider, whether they are requested for the user's personal project (My workspace) or for a new/existing project. Users can click on the items in the list to view the submitted grant application form. Each item is marked as: approved , rejected , or pending .

Clicking on the panel title allows users to access the complete list of grant applications.

Navigation Menu

The navigation menu in the UCloud interface is positioned on the left side and is structured into two separate blocks.

1.

The upper block features five icons, each representing one of the main components of UCloud: Files, Project, Resources, Applications, Runs. Hovering over each icon reveals a submenu, providing easy access to specific items within each component.

  

Files

This submenu offers shortcuts that allow quick access to selected drives, Starred files, i.e. files marked as favorites, and Shared files.

  

Project

From here, users can view details about active projects, such as resource allocations, usage, and grant applications.

  

Resources

By hovering on this icon, users can explore the active resources (Public IPs, Public Links, Licenses) within the chosen project and upload their SSH public keys.

  

Applications

Clicking on this icon grants users access to all the available categories of applications, including favorite (starred) ones.

  

Runs

Fom here, users can access the list of running jobs. Clicking on the job name redirects the user to the progress view page.

2.

At the bottom, a dynamic menu enables users to access the account service components of UCloud.

  

Theme selector

Clicking this button allows users to switch between light and dark modes. If the interface is currently in dark mode, the icon will appear like this instead:

  

Notification service

From here, users can view notifications, such as when another user has shared a file or the status of a grant application.

  

Contact support

From here, users can submit suggestions or report bugs.

 

 

User avatar

By clicking on this icon, users can access various functions, including checking the Site status page, adjusting login settings (such as updating the password and configuring two factor authentication), accessing the UCloud docs, copying their UCloud username , and logging out from the platform.