This is the new CSCS documentation site, which replaces the CSCS Knowledge Base.
The migration of old documentation is still not fully complete. If you find documentation that is missing, please create a ticket on the documentation's GitHub issue tracker.
CSCS Documentation¶
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Visit the CSCS status site for the status of Alps systems, and the latest announcements.
The Alps Research infrastructure hosts multiple platforms and clusters targeting different communities
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Platforms
Projects at CSCS are granted access to clusters, which are managed by platforms. Start by finding the platform for the cluster that you want to use.
Go straight to the documentation for the platform that hosts your project:
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Alps
Learn more about the Alps research infrastructure
Get detailed information about the main components of the infrastructure
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Accounts and Projects
The first step is to get an account and a project
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Logging In
Once you have an account, you can set up multi factor authentication
Then access CSCS services
Get in Touch¶
If you cannot find the information that you need in the documentation, help is available.
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Get Help
Contact the CSCS Service Desk for help.
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Chat
Discuss Alps with other users and CSCS staff on Slack.
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Contribute
The source for the documentation is hosted on GitHub.
Tools and Services¶
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Services
CSCS provides services and software on Alps.
Learn about individual services
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Software
CSCS provides applications, programming environments and tools.
Find out how to use uenv and containers to access software
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Data management and storage
CSCS provides data management and storage services