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.
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 recieve a login.
Ask headce[at]eng.pdn.ac.lk.
You can use ssh login. This is a good
set of instructions on the matter. If it is not clear (or unaccessible), contact
dhanushki.mapitigama[at]eng.pdn.ac.lk
Create a conda environment with jupyter notebook package installed.
Activate that environment.
Run
jupyter notebook --generate-config
It will say the configuration file for your account. Edit the configuration file and add the following
two lines. (They are originally commented out as given below.)
Save the configuration file. You should still be in the conda environment.
Run the jupyter notebook.
jupyter-notebook --no-browser
You will see a URL like this
http://SOMETHING:8888/tree?token=abc123def456
Type the following address into your PC browser http://aiken.ce.pdn.ac.lk:8888/tree?token=abc123def456
Your browser (on your PC) will be showing the jupyter notebook running on the aiken server
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
memeber.