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File transfer using FileZilla

Learning objectives

  • 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:

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?
  • Follow that procedure to transfer a file
  • Use the file explorer to verify that files indeed are transferred