Alpine Overview & Linux Refresher¶
This block introduces Alpine, CSU's HPC cluster, and the small subset of Linux you'll need for the rest of the workshop. We'll connect to the workshop server, claim an interactive compute node with sinteractive, and walk through the file-system layout, paths, and core commands you'll lean on every time you open a new terminal.
What this lecture covers¶
- Logging into Alpine via OnDemand and SSH
- Requesting an interactive session (
sinteractive --reservation=microbiome --ntasks=4 --time=03:00:00) - Project, scratch, and class-folder paths
- Day-to-day Linux commands:
cd,ls,cp,mv,rm,cat,less,mkdir,module load,tab-complete - How to follow a long-running job and survive a dropped connection (
tmux/screen)
Hands-on follow-along¶
For now, work through the Getting Started → Account & Access and Environment Setup pages, which cover the Alpine signup and module-load flow.