JASMIN

The JASMIN platform is the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)'s compute service.

The start of JASMIN's documentation is here: https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/category/158-getting-started. There are video instructions.

Account and services

To access JASMIN, you must sign up for an account following the instructions here: https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/article/4435-get-a-jasmin-account

In the 'What will you be using JASMIN for' box, put something along the lines of: Environmental data analysis tasks forming part of my MRes training in the Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Risk (AI4ER, https://ai4er-cdt.esc.cam.ac.uk/) Centre for Doctoral Training hosted at the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey.

Once you've confirmed your email address, you'll be asked for some account details, including an SSH Public Key. If you're not sure about this, see here: https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/article/185-generate-ssh-key-pair . If using MobaXterm on Windows, first choose a persistent home directory in Settings/ Configuration / General for MobaXterm.

Your account so far is just a profile on the accounts portal but has no privileges. If you intend to use JASMIN computing resources you need to apply for the jasmin-login service, which will allow you to connect to JASMIN machines using ssh: https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/article/161-get-login-account. When asked for supporting information provide the same information as when applying for the account. This service allocates you a home area of 100GB, and you can access the login servers using SSH. You can submit jobs to LOTUS using the batch scheduler SLURM. To submit python scripts, this might be useful: http://gws-access.jasmin.ac.uk/public/bas_climate/files/scott/pybsub.py

You can apply to access our 10TB Group Work Space (GWS) following these instructions https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/article/3801-apply-for-access-to-a-gws-new searching for ai4er or follow this link https://accounts.jasmin.ac.uk/services/group_workspaces/ai4er/. For supporting information provide the same information as when applying for the account.

Another service to apply for is the Jupyter Notebook service. Follow instructions here: https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/article/4851-jasmin-notebook-service.

The approval process can take a couple of days.

Logging in

JASMIN restricts login access by maintaining an "allow list" of network domains which are allowed to make SSH connections to the JASMIN login gateways. All .ac.uk network domains are already registered. Thus access JASMIN from an .ac.uk network: https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/article/190-check-network-details. If connecting from home, connect to your institution before making an outgoing SSH connection to JASMIN a server.

Log-in instructions are here: https://help.jasmin.ac.uk/article/187-login.