Buddy Docs

Quickstart

• About
• Account and Software Requests
  • General Account Request
  • Classroom Account Request
  • Software Request
• Cluster Usage: Rules and Guidelines
  • General Etiquette
  • Rules
  • Guidelines
• Connecting to Buddy
  • Getting an Account
  • Connecting Through Open Ondemand
  • Connecting Through SSH

General

• Open OnDemand
  • Access and Login
  • Interactive Applications
  • File Browser
  • File Editor
  • Terminal Access
  • Job Management
  • Job Composer
• Using the Terminal
  • Background
  • Accessing the Terminal
  • Terminal Basics
  • Common Commands and Features
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Basic Bash Scripting
• Slurm
  • Terminology
  • Commands
  • Sbatch Parameters
  • Interactive Jobs with salloc
• Common toolchains
  • Component versions in foss toolchain
  • Component versions in intel toolchain
  • Component versions in foss toolchain (deprecated versions)
  • Component versions in intel toolchain (deprecated versions)
• Data Storage
  • Home Folder
  • Project Space
  • Scratch Storage (Coming Soon)
• Data Transfer
  • Using SFTP or SCP
  • Using Github
  • Using Globus (Coming Soon)
• Tips and Tricks
  • Slurm
  • Python
• Job Composer
  • Create Job

Software

• Overview
• ANSYS
• COMSOL
• Gaussian
  • Example Script
• Using Modules
  • Finding Software
  • Search Available Modules
  • Module Commands
  • Default Versions
  • Tips for Batch Scripts
• Jupyter/Python
  • Launch Options
  • Using a GPU
  • Course Modules
  • Custom Environments
  • Launching JupyterLab from a uv environment
  • Troubleshooting
• Python Environments with uv
  • Getting uv
  • Creating and Activating an Environment
  • Choosing the Python Version
  • Projects: pyproject.toml and uv.lock
  • Using uv in a Shell or Slurm Script
  • Advanced: Layering uv on a Buddy Module
  • Housekeeping
  • Common Commands
  • Further Reading
• BuddyGPT
  • Access
• R/RStudio
  • Using TensorFlow

Advanced

• Overview
• Advanced Slurm
• Array Jobs
• Using Git and Github
• Machine Learning
• OMPI

Other HPC Resources

• Accessing NRP (National Research Platform)
  • What is NRP?
  • Step 1 — Log in to create your account
  • Step 2 — Request namespace membership
  • Step 3 — Confirm and accept the policies
  • Step 4 — Start working
  • Rules that will get your access revoked
  • Getting help
• OURRstore