Linux for HPC course

Content

This course will give a more detailed and HPC oriented summary of the basic command line related issues in Linux:

• Linux shell: features, customizing, environment variables, aliasing
• Differences between home and HPC Linux
• Midnight commander
• OnDemand GUI Desktop, displaying graphics
• screen and tmux
• rsync and scp
• Short intro to Linux scripting
• Creating sample slurm scripts for VSC
• Installing applications: package manager concept, manual installations
• This course provides several hands-on sessions

Target

This course is primarily targeted at current VSC-users

Duration

Total duration: 4 hours.

Price

Free of charge

Prerequisites

Having a basic knowledge of Linux is expected (if not please follow first the Linux-introduction course). Users should already have a VSC account (and should have followed HPC introduction or should have the equivalent knowledge).

Result

• Getting familiar with shells (mainly bash),
• Working with i/o files
• Customizing the shell for particular needs
• Being able to get the necessary account/job information
• Getting familiar with GUI and visualization software
• Writing a sample SLURM script for VSC
• Installing applications as a user

Reminder

If you do not have KU Leuven ID (e.g. u-, r- or s- number) and you wish to use our computers for hands-on sessions, please contact us (hpcinfo@kuleuven.be) so that we can create a temporary account for you, with which you will be able to login on computers used during hands-on sessions. Otherwise you can use wifi on your own laptop.