Introduction to Linux and Using CSC Environment Efficiently - Training
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Date: | 09.05.2014 9:00 - 10.05.2014 16:15 |
Location details: | - |
Language: | english-language |
lecturers: |
Thomas Zwinger Atte Sillanpää Tomasz Malkiewicz |
Price: | - |
The second day focuses on using the CSC environment which has been tailored for researchers to be easy and efficient for scientific use. The CSC environment offers a very large selection of scientific software which can be used in many ways, which will be covered during the day. Basic unix skills are needed. If you are unsure of your skills, participate in day 1 and/or have a look at the materials listed below in additional information.
Thursday May 8th: Introduction to Linux
08:45 – 09:15 Morning coffee + registration09:15 – 09:30 Introduction to the course (whereabouts, etc.)
09:30 – 10:00 What is UNIX/Linux: history and basic concepts (multi-user, multi-tasking, multi-processor)
10:00 – 10:45 Linux on my own computer: native installation, dual-boot, virtual appliances
10:45 – 11:30 A first glimpse of the shell: simple navigation, listing, creating/removing files and directories
11:30 – 12:30 lunch
12:30 – 13:15 File permissions: concepts of users and groups, changing permissions/groups
13:15 – 13:30 Text editors: vi and emacs
13:30 – 14:00 Job management: scripts and executables, suspending/killing jobs, monitoring, foreground/background
14:00 – 14:15 coffee break
14:15 – 14:45 Setup of your system: environment variables, aliases, rc-files
14:45 – 15:45 A second look at the shell: finding files and contents, remote operations, text-utils, changing shells
15:45 – 16:15 Troubleshooter: Interactive session to deal with open questions and specific problems
Friday May 9th: Using CSC Environment Efficiently
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome
09:10 - 09:15 CSC at a glance
09:15 – 09:45 How to connect: how to access CSC's computers
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30 Installation session: helping with installation of NX client, PuTTy, Virtual appliance, ...
10:30 - 11:15 Scientist's User Interface (SUI): introduction to web-based access to CSC's services
11:15 - 12:15 Introduction to Unix: a basic guide to use the shell
12:15 - 13:15 lunch
(12:50-13:15 Supercomputer's tour for those who are interested)
13:15 - 13:45 CSC's computing environment: different platforms, module system, licensing
13:45 - 14:15 Coffee break
14:15 - 15:00 Running your jobs: simple compiling (for absolute beginners), resource-management (a.k.a. batch job) systems
15:00 - 15:30 Compiling your program (writing makefile, linking, debugging)
15:30 - 15:45 Science services at CSC: a short introduction
15:45 - 16:15 Troubleshooter: Interactive session to deal with open questions and specific problems