LoBoS Wiki

Useful information

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Introduction to LoBoS

LoBoS is a cluster computing system managed by the Laboratory of Computational Biology of the Division of Intramural Research, NHLBI/NIH. This wiki is for LoBoS users to share documentation on effective use of the cluster.

For assistance, please contact

Pages that are here:

• Rules and policies (READ THIS FIRST!!)
• Available hardware
• Available Software
• SLURM queueing system
• Environment Modules on LoBoS
• Data storage
• Printers in the 12A/3053 suite
• GitLab at LCB
• How to perform various common tasks
• Using RSA securid tokens to log in remotely
• Installing and using conda
• Remote desktop access with NoMachine
• Using Jupyter notebooks remotely

Useful links

NIH

• LCB Thursday 12 noon Seminar Schedule
• NIH Weekly Calendar of Events
• NIH VideoCast
• R&W Food Trucks
• NIH Employees Intranet (NIHnet access only)
• HPC Systems; Biowulf cluster, SciWare software
• NIH Library resources
• Remote access to NIH Library from anywhere w/o VPN
• Public LoBoS web site

Unix and Linux operating system usage

• Rute user tutorial and exposition
• Ubuntu 18.04 Documentation; LCB desktop workstations
• CentOS wiki; LoBoS analysis servers and compute nodes

Connecting to LoBoS

If you have a LoBoS account, you can access the system by logging on to any available Linux workstation in the 3053 suite of building 12A on the NIH main campus.

If you need to access LOBOSNET remotely, within NIH you can connect via ssh to romulus.lobos.nih.gov, or remus.lobos.nih.gov. You will need to contact the LoBoS admins (see below) to enable your account on these machines. In addition, to access them, you must already be on the NIH network (either logged in to an NIHnet machine or using VPN).

Remote access from non-NIH networks is available via RSA SecurID tokens.

Once logged in locally or remotely, you can access other LoBoS hosts via ssh.

How to get help

For assistance, please contact

Please provide details such as the machines and software being used, and the exact text of any error messages.

Please use the email above to request help, as it helps document the need for changes that are made, a requirement for federal government computer systems.