Requirements

For Microsoft Windows desktops :

• An account on our systems: see here.
  • You will need a username and password to access our systems.
• A Project Code :
  • You will need to assign your analysis to a project code. Available here
• XMing : A X Windows Manager. Install X ming.
  • XMing is required to display the GUI interface to Stata on your desktop.
• WinSCP : A FTP/SFTP client for Microsoft Windows. Using FileZilla.
  • WinSCP is used to transfer your data/results files to and from your local computer to the cluster.
• Putty : An SSH client: see here.
  • Putty is used to provide 'shell' access to Lonsdale. From here you can type commands.

Procedure for running Stata

• Install XMing, and ensure it is running.
  • The taskbar on your desktop should display the "X" logo.
• Transfer the required data to Lonsdale using WinSCP
  • The Stata program will require access to your data files and input.
• Download and run the Putty program.
  • Log in using your username and password
  

• Request the use of 1 node in the application partition of the cluster, for 1 day, using the economics project.
  • One node : "salloc -N 1"
  • Compute partition : "salloc -N 1 -p compute"
  • The 'application' reservation : "salloc -N 1 -p compute --reservation=application"
  • One day : "salloc -N 1 -p compute --reservation -t 1:00:00"
  • Your project : "salloc -N 1 -p compute --reservation=application -t 1:00:00 -U project_code"
  

• Connect to node that you have been allocated
  • Type the command "ssh $SLURM_NODELIST"
  

• Load the required Stata module
  • Type the command "module load apps stata/10"
  

• Run the Stata10 program
  • Type the command "xstata-se"