This repository shows detailed instructions to help you set up a local working environment on SOAL cluster.
The cluster has one node (hostname: soal-1.stanford.edu) with 8 Titan X GPUs, 64 CPU cores and 0.75 TB RAM. Please first ask Sharad Goel to help create an account for you.
To login, you first need to connect to the Stanford VPN. Please follow the instructions HERE. After connecting to the Stanford VPN, you can ssh into soal-[1-5].stanford.edu with your SUNet credentials.
$ ssh [SUNetID]@soal-1.stanford.edu
Since the account type is not Administrator, it is better to set up a local environment using Anaconda. Anaconda is a package manager, an environment manager, a Python distribution, and a collection of over 1,000+ open source packages. It is free and easy to install.
- Download the Anaconda installer for Linux.
$ wget https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-5.3.0-Linux-x86_64.sh
- Install Anaconda for Python3.6
$ bash Anaconda3-5.3.0-Linux-x86_64.sh
The installer prompts Do you wish the installer to prepend the Anaconda<2 or 3> install location to PATH in your /home/<user>/.bashrc ? Enter Yes. After the installer finishes, enter source ~/.bashrc for the installation to take effect.
To install TensorFlow with GPU support, simply run
$ conda install -c anaconda tensorflow-gpu
GitHub is a web-based Git or version control repository and Internet hosting service. It offers all of the distributed version control and source code management functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.
GitHub is free to use for public and open source projects. You are able to create unlimited public repositories and work with unlimited collaborators. Working with private repositories involves a paid plan.
To set up an account, go to SIGN UP page and enter your username, e-mail address and password. To choose your personal plan, select Unlimited public repositories for free.
Below are some commonly used git commands. A more detailed cheat sheet can be found HERE.
Configure user information used across all local repositories
$ git config --global user.name "[firstname lastname]"
$ git config --global user.email "[valid-email]"
Clone repositories
$ git clone [url]
Show modified files in working directory
$ git status
Add a file to your next commit
$ git add [file]
Show difference of what is changed but not staged
$ git diff
Commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot
$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"
List your branches
$ git branch
Create a new branch
$ git branch [branch-name]
Switch to another branch
$ git checkout [branch-name]
Fetch down all the branches from that Git remote
$ git fetch [alias]
Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch
$ git push [alias] [branch]
Fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch
$ git pull