testing the cloud

[mdsumner]

Go to the cloud (it's currently in test mode, will be rebuilt soon 2017-01-16).

• launch a VM, choose the flavour (RStudio or Python)
• upload pre-requisite files, using the File Management tab
• launch the Shell and run commands
• launch RStudio (or Python)

• node - currently runs in Melbourne
• files - both RStudio and Python include file browser and shell on the raw machine, so uploading files is no problem, and the R and Jupyter IDEs also allow file upload
• flavours - the RStudio and Jupyter machine is " Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)", has git 2.1.4 in the path but not sqlite3 (we probably don't need it)

R

• installed dplyr (so a user package with C++ is compiled, no problems)
• installed ggplot2, can make gg plots
• just for kicks I ran python and python3 in the shell on the RStudio instance

Python

• created a new notebook, ran this code in a cell:

import numpy;
import matplotlib; 
1 + 1

Prerequisites files for attendees

To get the files for the lessons, go to the lesson e.g. http://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/ then click the Setup tab at the top.

I would use RStudio to then upload that zip, it will unzip it. Otherwise, use the file uploader tab for the cloud, and the zip will be in the home folder.

[tjdett]

If you want sqlite3 in the Python image, you can have it. I quickly rewrote it yesterday because Jupyter's new tokens feature had broken it. You should be able to sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install sqlite3, but given HDF5 & NetCDF support is already in there, I see no problem with adding sqlite3 as well.

[mdsumner]

Notes

• start new instance, RStudio, instructor node "sprightly pilotbird"
• start shell, test sqlite3 (unavailable as expected)
• install sqlite3, test that
• save instance
• launch saved instance (now FIXED 2017-01-25 was stuck on STARTED)
• share the image, request confirmation of 1) launch 2) start RStudio 3) start shell 4) start sqlite3

[mdsumner]

Test again

• start new instance, RStudio, instructor node "happy bustard"
• start shell, test sqlite3 (unavailable as expected)
• install sqlite3, test that
• save instance
• launch saved instance into training "euphoric robin", start sqlite3, RStudio, install ggplot2
• share the image, request confirmation of 1) launch 2) start RStudio 3) start shell 4) start sqlite3

euphoric robin - created January 25, 2017 3:40 PM +11:00
- launch from save was available by 3:47PM