2019-10-22 Using LRZ Linux Cluster and Compute Cloud Hands-on (HICC1W19)

In this introductory course we will give a comprehensive overview of some principles and applications using LRZ computational facilities. The course opens with a  introduction to the to LRZ hardware and a how-to of working with remote machines (using SSH). The subsequent combination of lectures, demo and hands-on sessions provides participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to efficiently utilize the LRZ supercomputing and cloud infrastructure for their own projects.

The workshop interleaves frontal and practical sessions. Here is a preliminary outline:

10:00 - 11:00 Introduction to LRZ hardware

11:00 - 11:15 Break

11:15 - 13:00 Linux Cluster Hands-On

• login
• module system
• slurm
• Conda environment

13:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00: Compute Cloud Hands-On 

• How to create a VM in the LRZ Computing Cloud
• Conda environment
• Examples

Participation is free of charge but places are very limited so please register soon at:

The course will be given in English.

During the course, you have the additional opportunity to bring in your future requirements and to directly discuss your needs with system administrators and application experts from LRZ.

Course participants should have basic UNIX/Linux knowledge (login with secure shell, shell commands, simple scripts, editor vi or emacs).