RMACC HPC Symposium 2025

New to CU Research Computing, but don't know where to start? This RC Primer training is designed to give you an overview of Research Computing resources, procedures and best practices. You will learn how to log in, request allocations, store and transfer data, load software, run a job, and ask for help. In order to follow along with the hands-on component of this session, you’ll want to register for a Research Computing account beforehand. 
 

As research data volumes grow and mandates for data publication become more pervasive, automated means for managing these complex workflows to ensure data integrity have a growing role in modern science. In this session we will introduce Globus Flows, a foundational service for orchestrating secure and reliable data management tasks at scale, and Globus Compute, a service which enables you to execute functions on diverse remote systems. We will describe how Globus Flows and Compute fit into the Globus ecosystem of data and compute management services, and how flows can feed into downstream data portals, science gateways, and data commons, enabling search and discovery of data by the broader community. We will demonstrate how to run various Globus provided flows and discuss initiating flows with triggers and inserting compute tasks into your flows. We will conclude with an interactive tutorial detailing how to build custom flows using Jupyter notebooks and the Globus web app.

Many modern research software systems run on Kubernetes for scale and resilience (e.g. JupyterHub, Dask, RStudio, etc.). Deploying Kubernetes in a reliable and robust way has historically been difficult. This tutorial offers a simple way to deploy Kubernetes clusters on Jetstream2 using OpenStack Magnum. By making cluster setup and management easier, this session helps teams with limited IT support to run powerful and scalable computing tools.

Participants will learn how to use OpenStack Magnum to create and manage Kubernetes clusters on the Jetstream2 research cloud. Designed for research software engineers and IT support staff with intermediate Linux skills and a basic understanding of containers and container orchestration, this session provides a repeatable process to build a scalable, container-based research system for their institutions.

Jetstream2 is a flexible, user-friendly cloud computing environment built on OpenStack. It is available to US-based researchers and educators at no cost through support from the National Science Foundation's Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program. 

OpenStack is a free cloud computing platform that provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). It helps organizations set up and manage public and private clouds. OpenStack includes tools for computing, networking, storage, and identity management, making it easy to build flexible and scalable cloud systems on different hardware. 

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Kubernetes helps developers run complex applications reliably and efficiently.

Magnum is an OpenStack service that helps users set up and manage Kubernetes. Magnum offers native integration with OpenStack services, simplified cluster lifecycle management, and enhanced security and resource allocation for containers.
Learning Objectives

• Understand how OpenStack Magnum automates Kubernetes cluster setup.
  
• Understand the advantages of Magnum compared to alternatives.
  
• Follow a step-by-step process to create and configure a Kubernetes cluster using Magnum.
  
• Deploy test containerized applications and adjust cluster scaling.
  

Discover how Intel’s seamlessly integrated hardware and software stack enables cutting-edge performance for High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads.