Auto-loading the Julia module (Noctua 2)
On Noctua, the julia
executable is only available after loading a Julia module (see Julia: Getting Started). To use the Julia VS Code extension within a VS Code SSH remote session you must make sure that a Julia module is automatically loaded when the Julia Language Server starts (i.e. when opening or creating a Julia file) or when you open the Julia REPL (i.e. Julia: Start REPL
). This can be done by pointing the extension to a wrapper script which loads the module and then starts julia.
Specifically, create a file julia_wrapper.sh
with the following content
#!/bin/bash # ------------------------------------------------------------ export MODULEPATH=/etc/modulefiles:/usr/share/modulefiles || : source /usr/share/lmod/lmod/init/profile if [ -f "/opt/software/pc2/lmod/modules/DefaultModules.lua" ];then export MODULEPATH="$MODULEPATH:/opt/software/pc2/lmod/modules" export LMOD_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_MODULES="DefaultModules" else if [ -f "/usr/share/modulefiles/StdEnv.lua" ];then export LMOD_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_MODULES="StdEnv" fi fi module --initial_load restore # ------------------------------------------------------------ module load lang module load JuliaHPC # or module load Julia exec julia "${@}"
Afterwards, make the wrapper executable (i.e. via chmod u+x julia_wrapper.sh
) and make the "Executable Path" setting of the Julia extension (julia.executablePath
) point to this file. (Note: The first block makes the module
command available.)
Using a direnv
environment with the integrated Julia REPL
Modify the script above to the following:
#!/bin/bash # ------------------------------------------------------------ export MODULEPATH=/etc/modulefiles:/usr/share/modulefiles || : source /usr/share/lmod/lmod/init/profile if [ -f "/opt/software/pc2/lmod/modules/DefaultModules.lua" ];then export MODULEPATH="$MODULEPATH:/opt/software/pc2/lmod/modules" export LMOD_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_MODULES="DefaultModules" else if [ -f "/usr/share/modulefiles/StdEnv.lua" ];then export LMOD_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_MODULES="StdEnv" fi fi module --initial_load restore # ------------------------------------------------------------ DIRENV=$HOME/.local/bin/direnv # path to you direnv binary export DIRENV_BASH=/bin/bash ml lang ml JuliaHPC if [ -z "${JULIA_LANGUAGESERVER}" ]; then # REPL process; use direnv exec to load .envrc file exec "${DIRENV}" exec "${PWD}" julia "${@}" else # Language Server process; exec the fallback julia exec julia "${@}" fi
This will load the direnv
environment when starting the integrated Julia REPL (and only the JuliaHPC
module when starting the Julia Language Server).
Noctua 1
You can same approach as above but the module related paths are different. Specifically, on Noctua 1 the module part should be
# ------------------------------------------------------------ export MODULEPATH=/cm/shared/apps/pc2/lmod/modules:/cm/shared/apps/pc2/EB-SW/modules/all || : source /usr/share/lmod/lmod/init/profile if [ -f "/cm/shared/apps/pc2/lmod/modules/DefaultModules.lua" ];then export LMOD_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_MODULES="DefaultModules" else if [ -f "/usr/share/modulefiles/StdEnv.lua" ];then export LMOD_SYSTEM_DEFAULT_MODULES="StdEnv" fi fi module --initial_load restore # ------------------------------------------------------------
VS Code on compute nodes
We recommend the following two-step process
First, open a terminal, login to the cluster and request an interactive session on one of the compute nodes.
Remember the name of the compute node that was assigned to you, e.g.
n2cn1234
.Keep the terminal open until you’re done with your work.
Second, use VS Code’s remote extension to connect to the compute node via SSH.
For this to work, you need to be able to directly
ssh n2cn1234
to the compute node. To avoid many entires in your~/.ssh/config
(one for each compute node) you can use the following entries for Noctua 1 and 2 based on wildcards (the jump hosts are defined here):# Noctua 2 Host n2cn* n2lcn* n2gpu* n2fpga* HostName %h ProxyJump n2-jumphost User [USERNAME] IdentityFile [PATH TO PRIVATE KEY] IdentitiesOnly yes # Noctua 1 Host cn-* gpu-* HostName %h ProxyJump noctua-jumphost User [USERNAME] IdentityFile [PATH TO PRIVATE KEY] IdentitiesOnly yes