How to Create Cluster 7 (Ubuntu 20.04)

Introduction

Here are the instructions on how to build Cluster 7 using Ubuntu 20.04.

The build is not complete as of October 19, 2021.

Create a Network Address Translation(NAT) machine

A NAT machine will act as a local VPN to the cluster. This will be the first machine you SSH into.

Here are the instructions:

1. Install Ubuntu 20.04 to a machine
2. Create a DNS entry for this machine in the website below to give you a public IP address

• https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/cgi-bin/secure/dns_dhcp_registration.py?action=view_zone&name=compbio.ucsf.edu