


Getting Started with Nimbus
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