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# 2022-10-04 <br> HPC0: Introduction to Linux

Welcome to the hack pad for HPC0 course from Research Computing at the University of Leeds!

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## Contents

1. [Links to resource](#Links-to-resources)
2. [Further reading](#Further-reading)
3. [Agenda](#Agenda)
4. [Pre workshop prep](#Pre-workshop-prep)
    4.1. [Windows Users](#For-Windows-Users)
    4.2. [MacOS/Linux Users](#For-MacLinux-Users)
6. [What's your name and where do you come from?](#What’s-your-name-and-where-do-you-come-from)

## Links to resources

- **Contact Research Computing** - https://bit.ly/arc-help
- **Request HPC account** - https://leeds.service-now.com/it?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=4c002dd70f235f00a82247ece1050ebc
- **Slides for today** - https://bit.ly/hpc0linux
- **Exercises for today** - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dV8fMS_n6GOFZO_rmFfUBwnuBFGj6C58/view?usp=sharing

## Further reading

Linux crib sheet that covers lots of idea from today and beyond - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4hIpRJzq8DPVG5xdEJWcGlRTkU/view?usp=sharing


## Agenda



| Time     | Agenda                          |
| -------- | ------------------------------- |
| 0900     | Introduction, connecting to ARC |
| 0950     | Break                           |
| 1000     | Navigating the shell            |
| 1050     | Break and Exercise 1            |
| 1100     | Data transformation in the shell|
| 1150     | Wrap up and questions           |
| 1200     | Finish                          |




## Pre workshop prep

***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.
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba1.png)

1. Navigate using a web browser to https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/
2. Select Download 
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba2.png)

3. Click Download Now for the Home Edition
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba3.png)
4. Select MobaXTerm Home Edition v21.0 (Portable edition)
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba4.png)
5. This opens a download prompt for a .zip file. Select Save File and click OK
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba5.png)
6. Go to your Download folder and find the .zip file you have just downloaded
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba6.png)

7. Click Extract in the Ribbon Bar and select Extract All
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba7.png)

8. Using the Wizard window extract the folder at the suggested location
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba8.png)

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
    ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARCTraining/hackpad-templator/main/static/hpc0/moba9.png)
**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”](https://arc.leeds.ac.uk/help/videos/) and read carefully the [documentation section](https://arcdocs.leeds.ac.uk/getting_started/logon.html#connecting-from-linux-macos-systems) 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)

    ```bash
    $ mkdir ~/.ssh
    ```

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

    ```bash
    # 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

    ```bash
    Host *.leeds.ac.uk !remote-access.leeds.ac.uk
    ProxyJump USERNAME@remote-access.leeds.ac.uk
    User USERNAME
    ```

5. Save this file and your configuration is all set up!

## What's your name and where do you come from?

Nick Rhodes - Research Software Engineer
Tamara Garcia - Data Scientist 
Corin Ward - Economics PhD
Azam Ali - PhD Student Institute of Transport Studies
Oliver Clark - Research Software Engineer, databases, software engineering and web technology.
Xiaomian Tan - PhD student, School of Food Science and Nutrition
Declan Fisher - Masters student
Stephanie Harrison - PhD student school of medicine 
Katie Hawkins - Research Masters in Biological Science
Pietro Canali - theoretical physics
Matthew Yusuf - MPhys Theoretical Physics student
Samuel Mace - PhD Student Computational Chemistry and Machine Learning
Jeni Sidwell - PhD student, school of biology
Harry Tran - PhD student, School of Chemistry
Jasper Rees - PhD student in Biology
Laura Pinkney - PhD Student, School of Maths
Oliver May Devine - Masters in Biochemistry
Lama Alqurashi - PhD student in LCS
Jin Liu - Research Fellow 
Modupe Aggreh Research Data Scientist
Lucas Gosling - PhD Student, School of Applied Mathematics