Building a Raspberry Pi Cluster
A workshop offered by the University IT and Data Center (HRZ)
What could be a better way to understand how an HPC cluster is built than building one yourself? We throw dozens of Raspberry Pis, Cables, SD-cards and stuff on a big table and see what happens.
In-person Workshop
Friday, July 4, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Trainer
Jan Steiner
Language
English
Location
PC Room 0.012 at the HRZ,
Wegelerstr. 6
Target Group
Doctoral students and postdocs
Track(s)
Research, Business and Organizations
Certificate
8 units are applicable within the Doctorate plus or Careers plus certificate
Description
At the end of the workshop you will have assembled a basic cluster, configured the network, and run the first MPI application on it, just like on one of its bigger siblings like Bonna or Bender.
This course is for everyone who is interested in learning how clusters work. You do not need to be an HPC user. Both employees and students can apply.
Basic knowledge of the Linux / UNIX shell is needed.
Registration happens via eCampus. Simply join this workshop like any other eCampus course (Uni-ID required).
Content
- Setting up the operating system
- Configuring the network
- Creating user accounts
- Installing Software
- Synchronization of system time
- Mounting a file system
- Setting and starting up the SLURM scheduler
- Running MPI jobs
Contact
High Performance Computing at the University of Bonn
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Links
- https://ecampus.uni-bonn.de/goto_ecampus_crs_3672137.html
- https://www.hpc.uni-bonn.de
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/during-your-doctorate/qualification/doctorate-plus/research-all
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/during-your-doctorate/qualification/doctorate-plus/research-management-all
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/during-your-doctorate/qualification/doctorate-plus/business-organizations-all
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/during-your-doctorate/qualification/certificate-doctorate-plus
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/during-your-doctorate/qualification/doctorate-plus-1
- https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/doctoral-students-and-postdocs/events-and-opportunities/newsletter-bonn-doctoral-bulletin-en