Kim Lab Computing Resources

Here is an overall list of computing resources available to students in the Kim lab

But first, here are some tips for accessing these computers:

  • ssh is a fundamental command used to virtually log into a system

  • $USER in all these example commands should be replaced with your username on these computers

  • You will need to create accounts on all of these computers to gain access

  • I recommend setting up aliases in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc

    • Aliases are shortcuts for bash commands

    • Using aliases to log into different computers can save time and confusion

Alpine

As CSU students, we have access to a shared cluster Alpine with CU Boulder (hosted in Boulder, CO).

In order to gain access to Alpine follow this link. Each time you log onto Alpine, you will need to run the command module load slurm/alpine. More information can be found here.

Note

We have access to Alpine as CSU students, not through an ACCESS allocation. Because of this, make sure that you are logging in with your CSU information, not your ACCESS information.

The alias to log in to Alpine is:

alias alpine='ssh $USER@colostate.edu@login.rc.colorado.edu'

You will be required to log in using your CSU NetID information (username and password), as wel as sign in with Duo. There are two ways to sign in with Duo to this computer: type password then enter in the 6-digit pin on the Duo app, or type password,push which will send a Duo push notification to your phone.

Note

Lets say that for illustrative purposes that your password is 123456 and that you want a Duo push. Then you will type 123456,push.

ACME

ACME is a shared computer between the Paton and Kim labs. This computer has a queue system (sbatch) to allow for easy use for all students of the Theory Suite.

There are also a number of premade submission scripts on ACME that are available to help with running jobs.

Here is the alias for ACME:

alias acme='ssh $USER@acme.chem.colostate.edu'

To gain access to ACME, contact an admin to make an account. The current admins are Yeonjoon, Collin, Sabari from the Kim lab and Abhijeet from the Paton lab (June 2023).

Local Resources

The Kim lab also has a number of local machines available members to use. These machines do not have a queue system like many of the other computers do, but are useful for different tasks you may have.

Here are aliases to the local CSU resources:

alias falcon='ssh $USER@falcon.chem.colostate.edu'
alias loki='ssh $USER@loki.chem.colostate.edu'

To get accounts on these computers, you will need to contact an admin. For the Kim lab, this is Yeonjoon, Sabari, Raul and Collin (June 2023).