Globus Setup and Usage

Introduction

Globus is a service for the fast, simple, reliable, and secure transfer of files between clusters. Compute Canada recommends using this program for the transfer of files between your wsl environment and the Compute Canada node. This guide is for the installation and usage using a Linux environment.

Globus Setup

1. Navigate to your home directory in wsl.

wsl

cd ~

2. Download Globus Connect Personal.

wget https://downloads.globus.org/globus-connect-personal/linux/stable/globusconnectpersonal-latest.tgz

3. Extract the the files from the downloaded tarball.

tar -xvf globusconnectpersonal-latest.tgz

4. Navigate to the globusconnectpersonal directory.

cd globusconnectpersonal-x.y.z

• x.y.z, dictate your version number.

5. Run Globus Connect Personal for the first time.

./globusconnectpersonal

6. You will be given a series of text prompts for relevant information.

7. One of the text prompts will be to give your personal endpoint a unique name.

8. When you generate your personal endpoint, it will display the UUID. Make sure to copy this information down as it will be used later.

Using Globus

1. Go to the Compute Canada Globus Webpage: (linked here).
2. Navigate to the dropdown menu for organizations. Select Compute Cnada organization and click continue.
3. Sign in using your Compute Canada username and password.
4. In the left sidebar, select FILE MANAGER.
5. In the COLLECTION search bar input your UUID and find your endpoint.
6. In the ~/globusconnectpersonal-x.y.z directory and enter the following command:

./globusconnectpersonal -start

• This should allow you to access your files.
• If it doesn’t, close your terminal window and renavigate to the ~/globusconnectpersonal-x.y.z directory and reinput the command. Refresh the list of your endpoint in the file manager and it should display the contents of your wsl directories

7. In FILE MANAGER on the right sidebar, select the Transfer or Sync to… option. This will open a second window where you may search for a second endpoint to transfer your files to and from your personal endpoint.

8. Search for and select the Compute Canada cluster you will be running your programs in. Below is a list of the endpoint names, based on the respective cluster:

• computecanada#beluga-dtn
• computecanada#cedar-dtn
• computecanada#graham-globus
• computecanada#niagra

9. Select the files you want to transfer and click the Start button below the collection name.
10. Your files should now be transferred into the Compute Canada cluster.

Other Online Resources for Globus

Instructions on how to use Globus: https://docs.globus.org/how-to/ Compute Canada’s documentation on Globus: https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Globus

Changelog

• 1.0.1 (October 10 2022): Adjusted the code blocks.
• 1.0.0 (August 31 2022): Initial draft of document.