HPC Desktop#

The OnDemand HPC Desktop app provides a full linux graphical desktop environment accessible via web browser.

Replacement for use cases previously served via FastX.

Start HPC Desktop#

  1. Log in to Tufts HPC Open OnDemand:
    https://ondemand-prod.pax.tufts.edu/

  2. Select HPC Desktop from the Interactive Apps menu.

  3. Fill out the form to allocate appropriate amount of resources for your work and click Launch HPC Desktop.
    The HPC Desktop session will run on a compute node using the resources you requested.

    desktop

  4. Terminal

    Once HPC Desktop launches, you can utilize the Terminal app to run commands on the allocated resource. Double click and open Terminal app:

    desktop terminal

    desktop allocation

  5. Folder

    You can also use the “Folder” app to manage and edit files on the cluster:

    desktop folder desktop folder option

  6. Browser

    You can open FireFox browser using the Browser app:

    desktop browser

  7. When finished, delete the HPC Desktop session in Open OnDemand to free resources for other users.