User Journeys

You would like to use MeluXina but wonder what it takes. These pages expose several typical user journeys that you might get inspiration from to design your own.

GUI package user

You are a user, but not a developer, of a software package that you would like to run on MeluXina. You are usually using this software through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and would like to continue using it that way.

• Gain access to MeluXina
• Request the software to be deployed on our Web Portal
  • If the software is open-source, or we already have a license for it, this would be straight forward
  • If you need specific licenses, we can help you to obtain them or setting up a mechanism to use the ones you already own
• Use the Web Portal to transfer input data to your home or project folders
• Use the Web Portal to launch your application on the resources you select
• Analyze your results
  • You can always transfer your data back to your home institution
  • We also provide remote visualization service

Command-line package user

You are a user, but not a developer, of a software package that you would like to run on MeluXina. The software is composed of source code that needs to be compiled.

• Gain access to MeluXina
• Learn how to connect to the Login Nodes
• Transfer or download your software to your $home folder
• Compile the software
  • You will need to load the appropriate software environment
  • Most software optimized for parallel systems offer ad-hoc instructions
  • We can help with tailoring the compilation options to the MeluXina system
• Transfer your input data to your home or project folder
• Write or adapt a Slurm script to submit your job
• Submit your job
• Analyze your results
  • You can always transfer your data back to your home institution
  • We also provide remote visualization service
• Be sure to monitor your resource usage

In-house software developer

You come with your own software that you need to compile on MeluXina. Since you have full control over its development, you may have special interest optimizing it for large scale runs.

This user story is similar to the Command-line package user story.