Welcome to the course: Introduction to Kebnekaise¶

This material

Here you will find the content of the workshop “Introduction to Kebnekaise”.

You can download the markdown files for the presentation as well as the exercises from https://github.com/hpc2n/intro-course

• Click the green “Code” button
  • Either copy the url for the repo under HTTPS and do git clone https://github.com/hpc2n/intro-course.git in a terminal window
  • OR pick “Download zip” to get a zip file with the content.

Some useful links:

• Documentation about Linux at HPC2N: https://docs.hpc2n.umu.se/tutorials/linuxguide/
• Get started guide: https://docs.hpc2n.umu.se/tutorials/quickstart/
• Documentation pages at HPC2N: https://docs.hpc2n.umu.se/

Prerequisites

• Basic knowledge about Linux (if you need a refresher, you can find the recordings from the previous version of the “Linux Command Line 101” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVFpoDo9–M&list=PL6jMHLEmPVLz7nfvCupvR-SX6MlFwboS8
  • If you want to take the “Linux Command Line 101 course, then it will be given again on 2 February 2026, as part of the “NAISS Intro week”. You can find the information and registration page for that course here: https://naiss-training.github.io/NAISS-intro-week/
• An account at SUPR and at HPC2N. You should have already been contacted about getting these if you did not have them already.

Content

• This course aims to give a brief, but comprehensive introduction to Kebnekaise.
• You will learn about
• HPC2N, HPC, and Kebnekaise hardware
• How to use our systems:
  • Projects and Accounts
  • Logging in & editors
  • The File System
  • The Module System
  • Compiling and linking
  • The Batch System
• Simple examples (batch system)

• Application examples (batch system)

• This course will consist of lectures and type-alongs, as well as a few exercises where you get to try out what you have just learned.