MATLAB install

On OHPC node:

Prerequisites

This Batch Connect app requires the following software be installed on the compute nodes that the batch job is intended to run on (NOT the OnDemand node):

• MATLAB R2016b+

You could download by running the command below (Make sure to read Matlab2018a_install.md for detailed explanation and to validate the UAB license)

ssh cheaha.rc.uab.edu cat /data/user/krish94/matlab-install.tar.gz | tar -xzf - 

• Xfce Desktop 4+

For VNC server support:

• TurboVNC 2.1+
• websockify 0.8.0+

For hardware rendering support:

• X server
• VirtualGL 2.3+

Optional software:

• Lmod 6.0.1+ or any other module purge and module load <modules> based CLI used to load appropriate environments within the batch job

Install

Use git to clone this app and checkout the desired branch/version you want to use:

scl enable git19 -- git clone https://github.com/OSC/bc_osc_matlab.git
cd <dir>
scl enable git19 -- git checkout <tag/branch>

On OOD node:

• Modify to fit our environment

# diff of /var/www/ood/apps/sys/bc_osc_matlab/submit.yml.erb
-cluster: "owens"
+cluster: "ohpc"

# diff of /var/www/ood/apps/sys/submit.yml.erb

 batch_connect:
-   template: "basic"
+  template: vnc