Pre-requirements

Goal

The goal of this page to make sure you can follow the course.

These are the things you need to follow the course:

These are discussed in detail below

Note

There will be an opportunity to get help with log in every morning of the workshop at 9:00.
You are also welcome to join the On-boarding at 13:00 the day before the ordinary program starts.

Log in to one of the HPC systems covered in this course

These are the ways to access your HPC cluster and how that looks like:

How to access your HPC cluster	How it looks like
Remote desktop via a website
Remote desktop via a local ThinLinc client
Console environment using an SSH client

These are the ways to access your HPC cluster and some of their features:

How to access your HPC cluster	Features
Remote desktop via a website	Familiar remote desktop
	Clumsy and clunky
	Slow on UPPMAX
	No need to install software
	Works on HPC2N and UPPMAX
	Needs 2FA for UPPMAX
Remote desktop via a local ThinLinc client	Familiar remote desktop
	Clumsy
	Need to install ThinLinc
	Works on all centers
	Needs 2FA for UPPMAX
Console environment using an SSH client	A console environment may be unfamiliar
	Great to use
	Need to install an SSH client
	Works on all centers

Here is an overview of where to find the documentation and a video showing the procedure:

HPC Center	Method	Documentation	Video
HPC2N	SSH	here	here
HPC2N	Local ThinLinc client	here	here
HPC2N	Remote desktop website	here	here
LUNARC	SSH	here	here
LUNARC	Local ThinLinc client	here	here
UPPMAX	SSH	here	here
UPPMAX	Local ThinLinc client	here	here
UPPMAX	Remote desktop website	here	here

Need help? Contact support:

All clusters provide the most common command-line text editors. We recommend nano unless you are used to another editor:

HPC2N documentation on text editors
UPPMAX documentation on text editors
LUNARC does not have documentation on text editors (yet), but any other center’s documentation will work