Skyway Documentation
Skyway is a software package developed at the University of Chicago, Research Computing Center that allows users to burst computing workloads from the on-premise clusters to run on remote commercial cloud platforms such as Amazon AWS, Google GCP and Microsoft Azure. Skyway enables users to run computing tasks in the cloud from Midway in a seamless manner.
The official Skyway homepage gives useful information for getting started.
Overview
From the user persepectives, Skyway functions in a similar way to a HPC cluster where they can transfer data in and out, compile software or load existing modules, submit jobs either to on-premises compute nodes, or to virtual machines (aka instances) from a cloud service provider. The User Guide provides more information.
The Developer Guide describes ways to add more functionalities to Skyway.
Documentation |
Description | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| User Guide | Installing pre-requisite software and acquiring source code | End users |
| Developer Guide | Adding cloud services and starting the daemons | Admins and developers |
Where to start?
- Researchers interested in using the RCC systems can request an account.
- If you would like to chat with an RCC specialist about what services are best for you, please email help@rcc.uchicago.edu