Software on Department Servers

Version Control

Subversion server (lemur.ling.washington.edu)

• Introductory information and policies <- read this one first
• Basic usage
• More complicated tasks
• Change your password
  • (If your browser prompts you with a certificate warning, you need to install the UW root certificate.)

Using Git on the Cluster

• Setting up a Git Repo

Condor - How to Run your Code on the Cluster

Condor is the job management software installed on the department cluster.

Many programs we will implement in the CLMS program can cause a high system load on a machine. To make sure that the system does not lock up and become unavailable, we use Condor to pass jobs off to other machines in the cluster, and queue jobs if all other machines are busy.

Please familiarize yourself with how to run jobs via condor with the How to Use Condor page.

Other Software on the Cluster

While general usage of software like git and python are detailed below, a few "gotchas" or suggestions for how to run these tools on the cluster are given here.

• Java
  • The default version of java on the cluster is jdk8 (1.8.0).
    • Other versions are available in /opt/jdk[7-9]
• Python
  • The default version of python on the cluster is 2.7.5
    • In order to use python 3, be sure to use the python3 command or a virtualenv.
  • Virtual Environments
    • Virtual environments are extremely helpful for using third-party modules in your software that you would like to run on the cluster, without requiring that software be installed in the root install.
    • Refer to the Virtual Environments wiki page for more.

Software for your Local Machine

• Installing commandline tools + package managers for OSX or Windows
• Python
  • Installing Python (All Systems)
  • Recommended tools (IDEs, packages)
• Git
  • Installing Git (All Systems)
  • Recommended Tools (GUIs, web services)
• SSH

General Guides

There are plenty of well-written guides for how to use git, python, and other tools that we will be using in the CLMS program. A number are linked below. Be sure to refer to the section on software on the department servers above for specifics on running on the department servers.

• Should I use Git or Subversion (SVN)?
• Git tutorials
  • git - the simple guide
  • git-scm - introductory book
  • git cheat sheet
• Python tutorials
  • Python doc tutorial