1. First go through these pages

https://rc.virginia.edu/services/compute-and-storage/aftonrivanna

https://rc.virginia.edu/getting-started/get-access-high-performance-computing-resources/standard-security-zone-ssz

Secondly, some videos are available

https://rc.virginia.edu/getting-started/complete-orientation

For login (Use On-demand, and you can also submit slurm using terminal, but on demand and desktop) https://rc.virginia.edu/request-manage/ssz-login The password is the same as the SIS login password, and Duo accept.

  1. After logging in, you can see the following icons, click Interactive apps and then click Desktop

UVA OpenOnDemand Files Jobs Clusters Interactive Apps My Interactive Sessions You can select the number of GPUS, Memory ETC.

  1. Mostly softwares are installed in Rivanna. You need to load it using “module load or module spider or module help commands”. The second alternative is downloading miniforge and using it to create a conda environment.

  2. No sudo permission. It might restrict some work processes, but try to Google for alternatives where most can be mitigated.