Laguna OnDemand Overview
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Laguna’s OnDemand service provides users graphical, browser-based access to the cluster and their directories. OnDemand offers:
- Easy file management
- Command line shell access
- Slurm job submission and management
- Interactive applications, including JupyterLab and RStudio Server
To SSH into the Laguna cluster, select the Clusters drop-down:
OnDemand is available to all Laguna users. To access OnDemand, you must belong to an active project in the user portal.
We recommend using OnDemand in a private browser to avoid potential permissions issues related to your browser’s cache. If you’re using a private browser and still encounter permissions issues, please submit a help ticket.
0.0.1 Use cases
OnDemand has a number of use cases that are not available with the traditional command-line interface to HPC resources:
- File management with a graphical interface
- Text editing with a graphical interface
- Shell access with a web browser
- Slurm job submission with a graphical interface
- Interactive use of graphical apps
- Development of code and notebooks with JupyterLab
- Development of R code and notebooks with RStudio Server
- Development of code with VS Code
- High-performance and interactive data visualization