Setup Instructions

Secure Shell & Secure Copy

ssh (secure shell) is an encrypted remote login tool. It lets you connect to remote resources, such as the OSG Connect login node and interact with the machine via UNIX shell. Similarly, scp (secure copy) is a tool that facilitates encrypted file transfer. We will use both to interact with OSG Connect.

Python

Python is becoming very popular in scientific computing, and it's a great language for teaching general programming concepts due to its easy-to-read syntax. We will be using JupyterHub and iPython Notebook for this workshop. The only required software is a working and up-to-date web browser.

We have setup a Jupyterhub instance at https://training.osgconnect.net:8000/ that will be used for the exercises. Login using your training account credentials and go to the swcarpentry directory in the browser. There are notebooks for each lesson (01-numpy.ipynb, 02-func.ipynb, 03-loop.ipynb, 04-cond.ipynb, etc.) that you can open to follow along with the lesson and to do the exercises.

OSG

Training accounts will be available for the workshop, but if you are interested in continuing to use OSG we recommend that you create an account which you can keep after the workshop. If you do not already have an account on the Open Science Grid and you would like one, please Sign Up. It takes 5-10 minutes to complete the sign up process and about 30 minutes to get your account activated.

Windows

For secure shell (ssh), download PuTTY.

For secure copy (scp), download WinSCP

Mac OS X

The tools (ssh, scp, ...) are usually already installed and available on the command line.

Linux

The tools (ssh, scp, ...) are usually already installed and available on the command line.