Interactive Session
Interactive Session
- Particularly good for debugging and working with software GUI.
$ srun [options] --pty [command]
-
Command
-
command to run an application, given the module is already loaded.
-
bash
for a bash shell -
Options
-
Pseudo terminal
--pty
- Partition
-p
- Default batch if not specified
- You can start interactive sessions on any partition you have access to
- Time
-t
or--time=
- Default 15 minutes if not specified on non-"interactive" partition
- Number of CPU cores
-n
- Default 1 if not specified
- Memory
--mem=
- Default 2GB if not specified
- GPU
--gres=
- Default none
- X Window
--x11=first
- Default none
Starting an interactive session of bash shell on preempt partition with 2 CPU cores and 4GB of RAM, with X11 forwarding for 1 day, 2 hours, and 10 minutes (use exit
to end session and release resources).
[your_utln@login-prod-01 ~]$ srun -p batch --time=1-2:10:00 -n 2 --mem=4g --reservation=bioworkshop --pty bash
[your_utln@p1cmp025 ~]$
You will be placed on one of the reserved nodes for the workshop p1cmp[025-026,028-029,043-045]
The reservation will expire after the workshop. You will no longer have access to the reservation bioworkshop
.
In that case, you can simply omit the --reservation=bioworkshop
option in the srun command
[your_utln@login-prod-01 ~]$ srun -p batch --time=1-2:10:00 -n 2 --mem=4g --pty bash
[your_utln@i2cmp003 ~]$ exit