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Obtaining Interactive Nodes

Source repo: basic_skills | Branch: hpc-training-doc | Last synced: 2026-04-24 10:27:17.425 UTC

There are two ways to obtain interactive nodes:

MethodDescription
Command lineRequest an interactive session directly from the terminal
Batch scriptRequest an interactive session using a SLURM batch job

Log onto expanse.sdsc.edu

ssh -Y -l `username` expanse.sdsc.edu
note

To learn more about logging onto the Expanse cluster, see these instructions:
https://github.com/sdsc-hpc-training-org/hpc-security/blob/master/connecting-to-hpc-systems/connect-to-expanse.md