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Accessing Jupyter Notebook for Python, R, and Julia

Once you get access as an IDAS user, here is the process for accessing the system:receive an email confirming that your IDAS account is ready, follow the steps below to spawn an instance and start using IDAS.

1. Open any web browser. 
2. Go to https://notebooks.hpc.uiowa.edu/research-interactive. 
3. Click the Interactive Research link. 
4. Log in using your HawkID and password.
5. You will be asked to authenticate the login with Duo. More information about Duo can be found here.
6. In

   Fill out the

   Spawner

   "Server Options

   page, fill in values that best fit your needs. 
   
7. The number of available CPU cores ranges from 2 to 32, while the amount of RAM ranges from 4 GB to 120 GB. You can also select an option with GPU. 
8. Under Mount HPC Home, selecting Yes will mount your Argon home and allow you to access the files stored there.
Under LSS Shared and LSS Dedicated, enter the paths to the 

" form, using the instructions on the form.

1. Select "Yes" to "Mount HPC Home" only if you have an Argon account. If you select "Yes" but you don't have an Argon account, your instance might fail to spawn.

2. If you have Large Scale Storage (LSS) shares that you want to

   be mounted for use by the IDAS instance. 
   If your instance fails to spawn, please

   use with your IDAS instance, enter their paths under "LSS Shared" and "LSS Dedicated". Leave these fields blank otherwise. Please check that the share names are correct.

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3. Please note that Python, R, and Julia each have their own container image

   Under "IDAS Image", choose the programming language that you want to use with IDAS. For example, to start

   a

   an IDAS instance with Julia

   instance

   , please select one of the three options for Julia

   under IDAS Image in the Spawner Options form

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9. Click the the "Spawn" button. A new instance will be created.
10. After the instance has been created, you will see your IDAS home directory. If this is your first time accessing IDAS and you haven't uploaded any files, your home directory will be empty.

11. More information on using IDAS can be found here. 

12. Once you finish your job with the IDAS instance, it is recommended that you manually stop the serverplease shut down the instance, so that you can quickly release the resources you have been using and get them ready for use by other users. You can stop the instance by clicking the Control Panel button at the top right corner and then clicking the Stop My Server button. You will not lose any files by doing so, as long as you save themresources could be used by other IDAS users. More information on shutting down an IDAS instance can be found here.

Accessing RStudio for R

Once you get access as an IDAS user, here is the process for accessing the system:receive an email confirming that your IDAS account is ready, follow the steps below to spawn an instance and start using IDAS.

1. Open any web browser. 
2. Go to https://notebooks.hpc.uiowa.edu/research-interactive. 
3. Click the Interactive Research link. 
4. Log in using your HawkID and password.
5. You will be asked to authenticate the login with Duo. More information about Duo can be found here.In the Spawner Options page, fill in values that best fit your needs. 
   
6. The number of available CPU cores ranges from 2 to 32, while the amount of RAM ranges from 4 GB to 120 GB. You can also select an option with GPU. 
8. Under Mount HPC Home, selecting Yes will mount your Argon home and allow you to access the files stored there.
Under LSS Shared and LSS Dedicated, enter the paths to the 

Fill out the "Server Options" form, using the instructions on the form.

1. Select "Yes" to "Mount HPC Home" only if you have an Argon account. If you select "Yes" but you don't have an Argon account, your instance might fail to spawn.

2. If you have Large Scale Storage (LSS) shares that you want to

   be mounted for use by the IDAS instance. 
   If your instance fails to spawn, please

   use with your IDAS instance, enter their paths under "LSS Shared" and "LSS Dedicated". Leave these fields blank otherwise. Please check that the share names are correct.

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3. To start an RStudio instance, please select

   Under "IDAS Image", choose one of the three options for R

   under IDAS Image in the Spawner Options form

   .

   RStudio is available with the GPU instances as well.

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9. Click the the "Spawn" button. A new R instance will be created.
10. After the instance has been created, you will see your IDAS home directory. If this is your first time accessing IDAS and you haven't uploaded any files, your home directory will be empty.
11. In order to launch RStudio, on the right-hand side, click the the "New" button, then select the "RStudio option" option.

This will launch an RStudio session, which looks very similar to the local version of RStudio.

Please contact Giang Rudderham and Cody B Johnson at research-computing@uiowa.edu with any questions or comments.