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To request an IDAS account for research use, please fill out the following Workflow form: https://workflow.uiowa.edu/form/idas-account. |
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Once you receive an email confirming that your IDAS account is ready, follow the steps below to spawn an instance and start using IDAS.
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1. Open any web browser.
2. Go to https://notebooks.hpc.uiowa.edu/research-interactive.
3. Log in using your HawkID and password.
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4. Authenticate the login with Duo. More information about Duo can be found here.
5. Click the blue button "Start My Server".
6. Fill out the "Server Options" form, using the instructions on the form. Please also see the notes below.
- 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.
- If you have Large Scale Storage (LSS) shares that you want to 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.
- Under "IDAS Image", choose the programming language that you want to use with IDAS. For example, to start an IDAS instance with Julia, please select one of the three options for Julia.
7. Click the "Spawn" button. A new instance will be created.
8. 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.
9. More information on using IDAS can be found here.
10. Once you finish your job with the IDAS instance, please shut down the instance, so that resources could be used by other IDAS users. More information on shutting down an IDAS instance can be found here.
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Your session will automatically end after being idle for 18 hours. The session will not end if being active. |
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Once you receive an email confirming that your IDAS account is ready, follow the steps below to spawn an instance and start using IDAS.
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1. Open any web browser.
2. Go to https://notebooks.hpc.uiowa.edu/research-interactive.
3. Log in using your HawkID and password.
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4. Authenticate the login with Duo. More information about Duo can be
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found here.
5. Click the blue button "Start My Server".
6. Fill out the "Server Options"
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form, using the instructions on the form.
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Please also see the notes below.
- Select "Yes" to "Mount HPC Home" only if you have an Argon account.
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- If you select "Yes" but you don't have an Argon account, your instance might fail to spawn.
- If you have Large Scale Storage (LSS) shares that you want to 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.
- Under "IDAS Image", choose one of the RStudio
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- options.
7. Click the "Spawn" button. A new instance will be created.
8. After the instance has been created, you will see an RStudio session.
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9. RStudio users can also access Jupyter Hub to manage files and use Jupyter Notebook. To access Jupyter Hub, from your RStudio session, change the end of the URL to "tree".
Specifically for research users (fill in your HawkID):
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https://notebooks.hpc.uiowa.edu/research-interactive/user/<your_hawkid>/tree |
10. More information on using IDAS can be found here.
11. Once you finish your job with the IDAS instance, please shut down the instance, so that resources could be used by other IDAS users. More information on shutting down an IDAS instance can be found here.
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Your session will automatically end after being idle for 18 hours. The session will not end if being active. |
Please contact Giang Rudderham and Cody B Johnson at research-computing@uiowa.edu with any questions or comments.