This online training discusses how to use the Nimbus Cloud, which is the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre’s new high-throughput computing infrastructure.

Please note, training is held over two days, one hour per day.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Set up secure authentication to Nimbus, using key pairs
• Create a Nimbus instance
• Securely access your Nimbus instance
• Attach storage so you can work with your project data on the newly created instance

Day 1:

• Dashboard: What is a Nimbus instance and how to manage it
• Authentication: What are key pairs, why do we need them and how to set them up
• Instance creation: How do a set an instance and then launch it

Day 2:

• Instance access: How do I securely log into a Nimbus instance?
• Storage: What’s the difference between root and volume data? How do I setup a volume and what do with my data volume if I want to delete my instance?

Pre-requisites:

• Have access on your laptop to the command line. (E.g., Windows users may want to install MobaXTerm (instructions here)).
• Have a working knowledge of the Linux command line (E.g., mv, chmod, sudo, grep, etc. Numerous online courses teach Linux command line: LinkedIn, Udemy, etc.)

To register for this event, please complete the following form

Attend if:

• You are new to using the Nimbus Cloud, or you want a refresher
• You have research needs that require more compute or storage resources than your local laptop/desktop or institution currently provides