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Starting an interactive node on Rackham

Log in to Bianca via a terminal

This page describes how to start an interactive node on Rackham, unlike the general information on starting an interactive node.

To use an interactive node, in a terminal, type:

interactive -A [project name]

For example:

interactive -A uppmax2023-2-25

This starts an interactive session using project uppmax2023-2-25 that has a default duration of 1 hour.

Forgot your Rackham project?

One can go to the SUPR NAISS pages to see one's projects,

An example of the Rackham project called 'UPPMAX 2023/2-25'

An example of the Rackham project called 'UPPMAX 2023/2-25'

On the SUPR NAISS pages, projects are called 'UPPMAX [year]/[month]-[day]', for example, 'UPPMAX 2023/2-25'. The UPPMAX project name, as to be used on Rackham, has a slightly different name: the account name to use on Rackham is uppmax[year]-[month]-[day], for example, uppmax2023-2-25

To increase the duration of the interactive session, add the use of -t:

interactive -A [project name] -t [session_duration]

For example:

interactive -A uppmax2023-2-25 -t 8:00:00

This starts an interactive session using project uppmax2023-2-25 that has a maximum duration of 8 hours.

Has Rackham frozen?

It can take tens of seconds before an interactive node is allocated.

Rackham has not frozen, just be a bit more patient.

To stop the session, do:

exit

This will take you back to the login node.