Commit c1976866 authored by Jakub Klinkovský's avatar Jakub Klinkovský
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Information about the GPX cluster located in a former prison cell at Trojanova 13, Prague.

## Getting started
## Account registration

If you do not have an account on the cluster, you can submit a request on the
[registration website](https://mmg-webapps.fjfi.cvut.cz/gpx-registration/).

You need to have a user account in order to use the cluster.
If not, you can contact the [administrator](https://jlk.fjfi.cvut.cz/) and request an account.
The cluster is open to all students, employees and fellows of the [Mathematical Modelling Group](https://mmg.fjfi.cvut.cz/) and the [Department of Software Engineering](https://ksi.fjfi.cvut.cz/).
Other people related to these groups, e.g. by attending common courses at FNSPE, can also request an account.

## Getting started

The cluster can be accessed via SSH on port 22.
When your account request is approved, you can access the cluster via SSH on port 22.
For example:

    ssh <username>@<nodename>.fjfi.cvut.cz

User authentication is done by _public-key cryptography_ using the key established during account registration.
The available _node names_ are `gp1`, `gp2`, ..., `gp9`.
User authentication is done by _public-key cryptography_ using the key established during account registration.

> __Tip:__ If you later need to update your SSH key, you can use the same registration form to submit an account update request.

After a successful login, a short information message about the system will be displayed.
You can also follow the documentation below to find more details.
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The cluster runs on Arch Linux and should be fully equipped for common scientific computations.
If you need any additional software to be installed, please ask the administrator.

> __Tip:__ It is advised to run the `btop` command to check the current system utilization before starting a demanding computation on a node.

## Documentation

- [Hardware overview](./doc/hardware-overview.md)