MyMSI Overview
MyMSI is the web portal for MSI account and group management tasks such as reviewing your PI group, managing group membership, accepting the user agreement, and updating account settings.
Accessing MyMSI
Visit MyMSI.
Note
Like other MSI services, MyMSI is only available from the UMN network. On campus, connect to eduroam or wired ethernet. Off campus, connect to the UMN VPN first.
Group Pages and Roles
Most MyMSI tasks happen on a group page. What you can see and do depends on your role in that group.
Role |
Request |
Renew |
Request |
Make |
Add/Remove |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PI |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Group Admin |
❌ |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
✅ |
Member |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
PIs can review the full group membership, manage group admins and members, review group settings, submit storage-related requests, and handle account management tasks for the research group. Group admins can help manage day-to-day membership. Group members can view the groups they belong to, but they do not manage the group itself.
Storage and File Increase Requests
MyMSI includes options for group and storage management requests. Use the group page to review available storage-related actions before submitting a request.
At this time, file increase requests are not handled directly through a MyMSI workflow. Create a new ticket with MSI support if you need a file count increase.
For broader storage guidance, see File Storage.
Add or Remove Users
PIs and group admins can use the group page to manage membership.
Open the relevant group page in MyMSI.
Locate the ‘Users’ area and click on ‘Manage Members.’
Add a user by clicking ‘Add Users’ and searching for their UMN Internet ID.
Edit or remove current members by clicking ‘Edit’ or ‘Remove’ in their row.
Confirm the change and verify that the membership list updates as expected.
If the person you want to add has never used MSI before, they will need to complete onboarding steps sent over email before their access is fully active.
User Agreement
New users who are invited to an MSI group must complete the User Agreement before they can use MSI resources. MyMSI will prompt the user when this action is required.
If someone reports that they were invited but still cannot access MSI systems, confirm that they finished the user agreement step.
User-Level Changes
The changes below can also be made on MyMSI and are specific to your user. All of these options can be found by clicking the dropdown menu labeled by your Internet ID in the right-hand side of the navigation bar.
Change Your Primary Group
If you belong to more than one MSI group, MyMSI can be used to Change Primary Group. This setting controls which group is treated as your default in places where MSI needs a primary affiliation.
After making the change, sign out and back in if you do not see the update reflected immediately in MSI services.
Reset S3 Keys
If you use Tier 2 storage, MyMSI provides a way to Reset s3 keys. Resetting keys invalidates the previous credentials, so update any scripts, applications, or clients that depend on them.
Treat replacement keys like passwords and store them in a secure location.
Set SSH Keys
MyMSI can also be used to manage SSH keys associated with your MSI account.
Before adding or replacing a key in MyMSI, generate the key pair on your local machine and keep the private key on that machine. Use our SSH keys page for setup guidance.