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Revision as of 21:21, 25 September 2021
Contents
User acess
Go to www.metacenter.no > User Login (Passwords) > 1. Request a user account > HPC
Fill in the form and choose the appropriate project. It is recommended to use your UiO username.
The project manager can give you access to the VASP license through the VASP portal and thereafter informing sigma2@uninett.no to give your user the necessary group affiliations (xvasp and vasp5).
Project | Manager | Group | Resources |
---|---|---|---|
NN4604K | Jonathan M. Polfus | Electrochemistry | Saga |
NN9136K | Lasse Vines | LENS | Saga |
NN9180K | Clas Persson | Structure Physics | Saga |
Login
ssh
ssh can be used to login using a terminal app on UNIX, macOS or Windows Subsystem for Linux
ssh [username]@saga.sigma2.no
Hostnames and usernames can be defined by creating or editing the file ~/.ssh/config
.
This can be done using the text editor vim
vim ~/.ssh/config
Press i
to insert text
Host saga HostName = saga.sigma2.no user [username]
Press escape
to exit insert mode, and then :wq
to 'write' and 'quit'.
Login is then simplified
ssh saga
Copy files from cluster to current folder (.
)
scp saga:[path]/[filename] .
Copy files to the home directory on the cluster
scp [filename] saga:
PuTTY and WinSCP
PuTTY is an ssh client for Windows that can be downloaded from www.putty.org.
WinSCP is an scp client for Windows that can be downloaded from winscp.net.
UNIX commands
Use TAB to autocomplete commands, paths and filenames.
Command | Description |
---|---|
ls
|
List files and directories in current directory |
mkdir [directoryname]
|
Make a directory |
cd [directoryname]
|
Change path to another directory |
pwd
|
Display current path |
cd ..
|
Change path to parent directory |
cp [path]/[filename] .
|
Copy file to current directory |
cp [filename] [directoryname]
|
Copy file to another directory |
mv [filename] [path]
|
Move file to another directory |
mv [filename] [newfilename]
|
Change the name of a file |
cp -r [directory] [path]
|
Copy directory to new location |
rm [filename]
|
Delete file |
rm -r [directoryname]
|
Delete directory and its contents |
man [command]
|
View the manual for any command |
Command | Description |
---|---|
less
|
View text file. Shift-F to view live updates to file
|
head
|
Display top 10 lines of text file. Options: [-n <count>] to specify number of lines |
tail
|
Display bottom 10 lines of text file. Options: [-n <count>] to specify number of lines |
grep [pattern]
|
Display each line in text file containing text pattern |
cat
|
Concatenate textfiles |
Home directory and project folder
Aliases
Define shortcuts to commands in your