- A browser with a good network connection
- A free Agave account
- A Github account
- Passing familiarity with container technologies (ie. Docker, Singularity, LXC, etc)
- Passing familiarity with Bash and UNIX-like filesystems
You will also need a Github account to leverage the automation we will discuss in the second half of the tutorial. If you do not already have one, please create a Github account:
You will need an account on the Agave Platform to login to your tutorial notebook server and sandbox environment. You can create a free Agave account here:
Note: Please do not use special characters in your password.
Note: You will need to confirm your email address to activate your account.
We have already created a VM for each of you to use in this workshop on Jetstream. Your VM will serve as a development, compute, and storage system as we work through the material. Once you have confirmed your Agave and Github accounts, please login to your notebook server at
where training### is the training account number we assign you so training001 ... training 100