2023-02-15 Molecular Dynamics Class

Welcome to the hackpad covering how to connect to the University of Leeds High Performance Computing system ARC4

Links to resources

• HPC documentation getting started - https://arcdocs.leeds.ac.uk/getting_started/start.html
• HPC documentation on logging on - https://arcdocs.leeds.ac.uk/getting_started/logon/logon-off-campus.html
• Linux crib sheet - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4hIpRJzq8DPVG5xdEJWcGlRTkU/view?usp=sharing

Steps for connecting

If you haven’t already request an account for the HPC via this link - https://leeds.service-now.com/it?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=4c002dd70f235f00a82247ece1050ebc

For Windows users please consult our documentation page and video at https://arcdocs.leeds.ac.uk/getting_started/logon.html#connecting-from-windows

You are required to download the software tool MobaXTerm for this workshop.

1. Navigate using a web browser to https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

2. Select Download
   

3. Click Download Now for the Home Edition
   

4. Select MobaXTerm Home Edition v21.0 (Portable edition)
   

5. This opens a download prompt for a .zip file. Select Save File and click OK
   

6. Go to your Download folder and find the .zip file you have just downloaded
   

7. Click Extract in the Ribbon Bar and select Extract All
   

8. Using the Wizard window extract the folder at the suggested location
   

9. This should open the extracted folder immediately and allow you to double-click on the MobaXTerm_Personal_21.0 executable to start the application
   

   
   And you're all set for HPC0!🎉

For Mac/Linux Users:

MacOS and Linux users do not need MobaXTerm but can use your builtin Terminal application. You should follow the steps outlined in the bitesize video titled “Connecting to ARC off-campus via Linux/MacOS” and read carefully the documentation section on connecting from Linux and MacOS, especially the section about configuring SSH for off-campus connections.

Please attempt to read the documentation and watch the videos carefully and attempt the setup steps. If you have any problems don’t worry we will spend the start of the workshop making sure everyone is connected.

In order to connect to ARC when you're off campus you'll need to do some extra configuration so that your SSH connection goes via our remote-access server. The following steps outline how to setup this configuration:

1. Open a Terminal on your Linux/macOS machine

2. Create a directory called .ssh in your home directory (if one doesn't already exist)

   ​​​​$ mkdir ~/.ssh
   

3. Then open a text editor of your choice and create a file called config in your .ssh directory

   ​​​​# for instance use the simple nano text editor
   ​​​​$ nano ~/.ssh/config
   

4. Within this file include the following contents where USERNAME is replaced by your university username

   ​​​​Host *.leeds.ac.uk !remote-access.leeds.ac.uk
   ​​​​ProxyJump [e-mail]
   ​​​​User USERNAME
   

5. Save this file and you can run the following command to connect from the terminal:

ssh [e-mail]