Getting Started Overview

To use Mahuika you need an account, and you need to be a member of a project. These steps take you from having neither to running your first job.

Get access to Mahuika¶

Create an account. Log in to my.nesi.org.nz with your institution's login and fill in your details. See Creating an Account.
Get a project. Either apply for a new project, or join an existing project by sending its owner your username. An approved project usually comes with an allocation of compute and storage.
Log in for the first time. First Time Login sets up the authenticator app you use to log in. After that, choose how to connect: in your web browser with OnDemand, or in a terminal over SSH.
Run your first job. The Introduction to HPC tutorial walks you through it. If you have used a cluster before, go straight to the Batch Computing Guide.

If you get stuck at any step, see Getting Help.

Account: Your access to Mahuika. You create it by logging in to my.nesi.org.nz with your institution's login.
Username: The name you log in to Mahuika with. To find it, log in to my.nesi.org.nz, and under Account click My HPC Account.
Project: A piece of research work on Mahuika, with an owner and members. Each project has a project code, such as nesi99991, which you give as the --account in your Slurm scripts.
Allocation: The amount of compute and storage a project can use over a set period. See What Is an Allocation?