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Introduction to Linux and Using CSC Environment Efficiently

Introduction to Linux and Using CSC Environment Efficiently
Date: 11.02.2014 10:00 - 12.02.2014 16:00
Location details: -
Language: english-language
lecturers: Thomas Zwinger
Atte Sillanpää
Tomasz Malkiewicz
Price: -
Additional Information
http://www.doodle.com/utxtzm3tdrmdfbys http://www.csc.fi/english/csc/courses/archive/sisu-clinic-2013 http://www.csc.fi/english/csc/courses/archive/unix-clinic-2012 https://research.csc.fi/documents/48467/73376/Unix+Cheat+Sheet/02f108fd-49cb-4e97-b570-9665b15255be
The first day will give the participant the basic knowledge and skills to use the unix shell. How to navigate around, copy files and launch applications. In addition to being useful on CSC's servers basic unix skills may come in handy elswehere too, and knowing the basics makes later self study much easier. The first day is intended for beginners with no prior knowledge or very little experience with the linux shell.

The second day focuses on using the CSC environment which has been tailored for researchers to be easy and efficient for scientific use. The CSC environment offers a very large selection of scientific software which can be used in many ways, which will be covered during the day. Basic unix skills are needed. If you are unsure of your skills, participate in day 1 and/or have a look at the materials listed below in additional information.

Program

Monday February 10th: Introduction to Linux

09:45– 10:00  Morning coffee + registration
10:00 – 10:15   Introduction to the course (whereabouts, etc.)
10:15 – 10:45   What is UNIX/Linux: history and basic concepts (multi-user, multi-tasking, multi-processor)
10:45 – 11:15   Linux on my own computer: native installation, dual-boot, virtual appliances
11:15 – 11:45   A first glimpse of the shell: simple navigation, listing, creating/removing files and directories
11:45 – 12:45   lunch
12:45 – 13:30   File permissions: concepts of users and groups, changing permissions/groups
13:30 – 13:45   Text editors: vi and emacs
13:45 – 14:15  Job management: scripts and executables, suspending/killing jobs, monitoring, foreground/background
14:15 – 14:30   coffee break
14:30 – 15:00  Setup of your system: environment variables, aliases, rc-files
15:00 – 15:30   A second look at the shell: finding files and contents, remote operations, text-utils, changing shells
15:30 – 17:00 Troubleshooter: Interactive session to deal with open questions and specific problems

 

Tuesday February 11th: Using CSC Environment Efficiently

09:00 - 09:10 Welcome
09:10 - 09:15 CSC at a glance
09:15 – 09:45 How to connect: how to access CSC's computers
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30 Installation session: helping with installation of NX client, PuTTy, Elmer VM, ...
10:30 - 11:15 Scientist's User Interface (SUI): introduction to web-based access to CSC's services
11:15 - 12:15 Introduction to Unix: a basic guide to use the shell
12:15 - 13:15 lunch
(13:00-13:15 Supercomputer's tour for those who are interested)
13:15 - 13:45 CSC's computing environment: different platforms, module system
13:45 - 14:15 Coffee break
14:15 - 15:00 Running your jobs: resource-management (a.k.a. batch job) systems
15:00 - 15:30 Compiling your program (writing makefile, linking, debugging)
15:30 - 15:45 Science services at CSC: a short introduction
15:45 - 16:15 Troubleshooter: Interactive session to deal with open questions and specific problems

Course materials
A walk through tutorial to run a batch job on Taito » make_project.zip » Exercises - A second look at the shell » Exercises - Basic guide to use the shell » linux_learn text file » Introduction to Linux and Using CSC Environment Efficiently »
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