Getting started

From account request to your first job.

Everything you need to start running work on the cluster. For task-focused guides — remote desktop, Jupyter Lab, H.E.S.S. analysis and more — see the docs.

1

Request an account

Fill in the account request form with your name, department and intended use of the cluster.

2

Get approved

The HPC admin team reviews requests and provisions your username and an SSH key pair. Approval typically takes up to 24 hours.

3

Connect over SSH

Use the credentials you receive by email to log in to the head node from your terminal.

4

Submit a job

Load the modules you need and submit your workload to the scheduler instead of running it directly on the login node.

Quick reference

Common commands

Connecting

ssh -i ~/.ssh/unam_hpc_key <username>@uhpc.unam.na

Never share your private key. Report a lost or compromised key to uhpc@unam.na immediately.

Transferring data

scp -i ~/.ssh/unam_hpc_key myfile.dat \
  <username>@uhpc.unam.na:~/data/

Large datasets should go to your ~/data directory on the shared storage rack, not your home directory.

Environment modules

module avail
module load python/3.11
module load openmpi

Submitting a job

sbatch my_job.slurm
squeue -u <username>
scancel <job_id>

Please submit compute-heavy work through the scheduler — the login node is shared by everyone.

Don't have an account yet?

Requesting access takes about two minutes.

Request an account