Getting Started

This page describes how to connect to SciServer Compute, create a container, and start up your first notebook.

1. Login to SciServer:
   Navigate your browser to portal.sciserver.org.
   If you don’t remember your CasJobs username or password, you can create a new one.
   Because your compute environment today will be on the SciServer test system, you will not be able to access your production or pre-production Casjobs.
2. Start up SciServer Compute:
   Navigate your browser to compute.sciserver.org.
3. Create a Container:
   You will need to create a container, if you don’t already have one. Click on Create Container.
   Give your container a name.
   Choose the Python 2, 3 + R 3.2.3 as the base image, for the purposes of this workshop.
   Attach the Volume SDSS DAS.
4. Open your Container:
   Click on its name. It contains two items: persistent, and SDSS_DAS. All your items should be kept in persistent, so click on persistent to open it.
5. Upload the workshop Files:
   Download this zip file containing the workshop files, and extract them to your local drive.
   Drag and drop the Workshop files into persistent.
   Next to each file name click Upload.