3.1.1. Introductory Tutorial

Create a Demo cluster to configure your aws credentials and set up your identity and access management roles.

• Step by Step Instructions to Build a Demo ParallelCluster.
• Establish Identity and Permissions
  • AWS Identity and Access Management Roles
  • AWS CLI 3.0
    • Install AWS ParallelCluster Command Line Interface on your local machine
      • Install node.js
      • Verify that AWS ParallelCluster is installed on local machine
  • Configure AWS Command line credentials on your local machine
• Configure a Demo Cluster
  • To create a parallel cluster, a yaml file needs to be created that is unique to your account.
    • Create a yaml configuration file for the cluster following these instructions
    • Examine the yaml file
• Create a Demo Cluster
  • Check on the status of the cluster
    • List available clusters
    • Check on status of cluster again
• Login and Examine Cluster
  • SSH into the cluster
    • Check what modules are available on the ParallelCluster
    • Check what version of the compiler is available
    • Check what version of openmpi is available
    • Verify that Slurm is available (if slurm is not available, then you may need to try a different OS)
    • Do not install sofware on this demo cluster
    • Exit the cluster
• Delete the Demo Cluster