Connecting to HPC
A series of three short videos introducing how to use PuTTY to connect from a Windows PC to a secure HPC (high performance computing) cluster.
1 - The very basics on how to establish a connection to HPC.
2 - How to add more specific options for the connection to HPC.
3 - How to save the details and options for a connection for future use.
Licence: Standard YouTube Licence
Contact: QCIF Training (training@qcif.edu.au)
Keywords: HPC, high performance computer, ssh
Additional information
Resource type: Video Lecture, Student Guide
Status: Active
Prerequisites:
PuTTY (https://www.putty.org) must be installed on your computer to follow this training. You will also need an account and connection details for the HPC system you are wanting to connect to.
Learning objectives:
- Use PuTTY to connect from a Windows PC to an HPC cluster
- Configure PuTTY to prevent timeout disconnection, to use graphical user interfaces, to prevent timeout disconnection, and to pre-fill your username
- Save the details of a PuTTY session to use for future connections to the same HPC cluster
Date created: 2021-10-25
Date published: 2021-11-12
