Notice:
The Aiken server is currently dysfunctional and unavailable for use.
aiken.ce.pdn.ac.lk Server
This is a HPC (High Performance Computing) server of the Department of Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya.
The administrator changes will be documented
here
.
You can use this server using the LDAP login for ce.pdn.ac.lk undergraduates (which is used for CO top floor lab, aiken and tesla) without
sudo access.
Q. How can a ce.pdn.ac.lk undergraduate get a docker enabled account?
Send an email to headce[at]eng.pdn.ac.lk with your registration number requesting an account in this server. If you are allowed to have
one, head of the Department will forward the request to the server admin and you will receive a login.
Q. What is the hardware configuration of this server?
- Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (20MB Cache, 32 Threads)
- 256 GB of RAM
Q. What is the operating system of this server?
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Q. Can I install some software here?
Please request through any
CO staff member
. Please note that the server admin has no authority to install something unless it is requested by a staff member.
Q. What software is installed in this server?
- Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
- conda 4.8.5
Q. I broke something. What should I do?
Q. How to run a Singularity container on Aiken?
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Send a request to the server admin via the
server admin contact page
to run this command:
sudo singularity config fakeroot --add eXXYYY
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Download the sample def file:
eyyxxx@aiken:~$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cepdnaclk/singularity-deployment/main/base.def
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Build the container:
eyyxxx@aiken:~$ singularity build --fakeroot base.sif base.def
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Run commands using the container:
eyyxxx@aiken:~$ singularity exec base.sif <your-command>
If you need to learn more, go to:
https://github.com/cepdnaclk/singularity-deployment
Q. What can I do if my doubt is not listed here?
