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After step A and its approval please visit:
After step A and its approval please visit:
* [https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/ https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/]
* [https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/ https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu]
*# Select your home organization from the list and click '''Proceed'''
*# You will be directed to the ''Identity Provider'' of your home organisation
*# Enter your home-organisational user id / username and your home-organisational password and click '''Login button'''
*# You will be redirected back to the registration website [https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/ https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/]
*# Select '''bwUniCluster Service Description''' (on the left hand side)
*# Click '''Register'''
*# Finally
*#* for KIT members '''optionally''' set a service password for authentication on bwUniCluster
*#* for all non-KIT members '''mandatorily''' set a service password for authentication on bwUniCluster

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** login with your home-organizational user account and user password,
** login with your home-organizational user account and user password,
** select service '''''bwUniCluster''''' (on the left side) and
** select service '''''bwUniCluster''''' (on the left side) and
** follow the instructions to complete the registration.
** follow the instructions to complete the registration.
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= Login =


= Login =
After finishing the web registration '''''bwUniCluster''''' is ready for your '''SSH''' based login with your '''home-organizational password'''.
After finishing the web registration '''''bwUniCluster''''' is ready for your '''SSH''' based login with your '''home-organizational password'''.
'''''bwUniCluster''''' has two dedicated login nodes. The selection of the login node is done automatically and is based on a round-robin scheduling. Logging in another time the session might run
'''''bwUniCluster''''' has two dedicated login nodes. The selection of the login node is done automatically and is based on a round-robin scheduling. Logging in another time the session might run
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== About <UserID> and Password ==
== About UserID / Username ==


'''<UserID>''' of the ssh command is a placeholder for your '''''username''''' at your home
'''<UserID>''' of the ssh command is a placeholder for your '''''username''''' at your home
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== About Password ==
Your '''password''' to log on bwUniCluster is that of your username of your home organization.

By default, for KIT members your bwUniCluster '''password''' to log on matches that one of your KIT
account, while for all non-KIT members your bwUniCluster '''password''' is that one you saved during the web registration (compare step 7 of chapter 1.2).
At any time, you can set a new bwUniCluster password via the registration website [https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/ https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu] by doing the following steps:
# visit [https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/ https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu] and select your home organization
# authenticate yourself via your home-organizational user id / username and your home-organizational password
# find on the left side '''bwUniCluster''' and select '''Dienstpasswort setzen'''
# set new service, i.e. bwUniCluster, password, repeat it and click '''Save button'''.




= First steps on bwUniCluster =
= First steps on bwUniCluster =

Revision as of 18:14, 7 January 2014

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bwUniCluster is Baden-Württemberg's general purpose tier 3 high performance computing (HPC) cluster co-financed by Baden-Württemberg's ministry of science, research and arts and the shareholders:

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • University of Mannheim
  • University of Heidelberg
  • University of Stuttgart
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Ulm
  • University of Freiburg
  • University of Konstanz


To log on bwUniCluster an user account is required. All members of the shareholder universities can apply for an account.


Registration

Granting access and issueing an user accounts for bwUniCluster requires to fill in the bwUniCluster application form and to sign the terms of usage (step A). Once approved please register for an user account (step B).

Step A: Application Form / Terms of Usage

Please fill in and sign the application form provided by your university:


Step B: Web Registration

After step A and its approval please visit:

  • https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu
    1. Select your home organization from the list and click Proceed
    2. You will be directed to the Identity Provider of your home organisation
    3. Enter your home-organisational user id / username and your home-organisational password and click Login button
    4. You will be redirected back to the registration website https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu/
    5. Select bwUniCluster Service Description (on the left hand side)
    6. Click Register
    7. Finally
      • for KIT members optionally set a service password for authentication on bwUniCluster
      • for all non-KIT members mandatorily set a service password for authentication on bwUniCluster



Login

After finishing the web registration bwUniCluster is ready for your SSH based login with your home-organizational password. bwUniCluster has two dedicated login nodes. The selection of the login node is done automatically and is based on a round-robin scheduling. Logging in another time the session might run on the other login node.

Only the secure shell SSH is allowed to login. Other protocols like telnet or rlogin are not allowed for security reasons.

A connection to bwUniCluster can be established by the command:

$ ssh <UserID>@bwunicluster.scc.kit.edu

If you are using OpenSSH (usually installed on Linux based systems) and you want to use a GUI-based application on bwUniCluster you should use the ssh command with the option -X

$ ssh -X <UserID>@bwunicluster.scc.kit.edu


About UserID / Username

<UserID> of the ssh command is a placeholder for your username at your home organization together with a prefix as followed:

  • KIT: <UserID> = username (without any prefix)
  • Mannheim: <UserID> = ma_username
  • Heidelberg: <UserID> = hd_username
  • Stuttgart: <UserID> = st_username
  • Tübingen: <UserID> = tu_username
  • Ulm: <UserID> = ul_username
  • Freiburg: <UserID> = fr_username
  • Konstanz: <UserID> = kn_username


About Password

By default, for KIT members your bwUniCluster password to log on matches that one of your KIT account, while for all non-KIT members your bwUniCluster password is that one you saved during the web registration (compare step 7 of chapter 1.2). At any time, you can set a new bwUniCluster password via the registration website https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu by doing the following steps:

  1. visit https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu and select your home organization
  2. authenticate yourself via your home-organizational user id / username and your home-organizational password
  3. find on the left side bwUniCluster and select Dienstpasswort setzen
  4. set new service, i.e. bwUniCluster, password, repeat it and click Save button.


First steps on bwUniCluster

For setting up your environment to use compilers and installed software please visit:

For guides on how to submit jobs on bwUniCluster please visit: