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Guide to launching an interactive application on the Sid Research Computing Cluster.

Sid Quickstart

Requirements

All that is needed is a reasonably recent browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer) on a desktop system (MacOS, Windows, Linux).

Getting Access

If you have a Harvard email, file a request ticket for Sid access in the IQSS Request Tracker (RT) system.

Launching a Job

Launch the sign-in screen

Sign-in Through Harvard Key

Launch an Interactive Application from the Dashboard

Select CPU and RAM requirements

View the Application(s) in the Dashboard

Access the Desktop application from the link in the jobs dashboard

Access the RStudio application from the link in the jobs dashboard