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File transfer using FileZilla

Learning outcomes

  • Practice using the documentation of your favorite HPC cluster
  • Can install FileZilla
  • Can transfer files using FileZilla
For teachers

Teaching goals are:

  • Learners have practiced using the documentation of their favorite HPC cluster
  • Learners have installed FileZilla
  • Learners have transferred files using FileZilla

Lesson plan:

gantt
  title File transfer using FileZilla
  dateFormat X
  axisFormat %s
  section First hour
  Prior : prior, 0, 5s
  Present: present, after prior, 2s
  %% It took me 7 mins, here I do that time x2
  Challenge: crit, challenge, after present, 14s
  Feedback: feedback, after challenge, 7s

Prior questions:

  • What is a file tranfer?
  • How can one do a file transfer?
  • Can you name some programs that can do file transfer?
  • Who has heard of FileZilla?
  • Who has already used FileZilla?
  • What are features of FileZilla?

FileZilla connected to Rackham

FileZilla being able to do file transfer to/from UPPMAX's Rackham HPC cluster.

Why?

Fairly sure you'll want to upload or download files to your HPC cluster. Here we do so.

We use a free and open-source graphical tool to do this, called FileZilla. It works under Linux, Mac and Windows.

Exercises

Need a video?

Here are videos that do this exercises for the differt HPC clusters:

You can find a video with solutions to these exercises:

HPC Cluster Link to video
Alvis here
Berzelius Cannot: is not a NAISS cluster
Bianca here
COSMOS here
Dardel here
Kebnekaise Cannot: is not a NAISS cluster
LUMI To do
Rackham here
Tetralith Does not work, created support ticket :-/
Vera Cannot: is not a NAISS cluster

Exercise 1: install FileZilla

Install FileZilla.

Under Ubuntu, you can can use the Ubuntu App Center.

How does the Ubuntu App Center look like?

Here:

FileZilla in the Ubuntu App Center

For non-Ubuntu users, search the web, download and install.

Where can I find it?

The FileZilla website can be found at https://filezilla-project.org/.

Clicking on 'Download FileZilla client' takes you to the FileZilla download page at https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client.

Download the file, maybe unzip it and run the installer

Exercise 2: transfer a file

Use the documentation of your HPC cluster for help.

  • Search for the procedure on how to transfer a file to/from your HPC cluster using FileZilla
Where is that documentation?

HPC Cluster Link to documentation
Alvis None. Closest is here. Use this documentation instead
Berzelius here
Bianca here
COSMOS None. Closest is here. Use this documentation instead
Dardel None. Closest is here, under 'Data management -> File transfer'. Use this documentation instead
Kebnekaise here (Linux and Mac) and here (Windows)
LUMI To do
Rackham here
Tetralith here
Vera None. Closest is here.
  • Follow that procedure to transfer a file
  • Use the file explorer to verify that files indeed are transferred