Data and Compute Setup

Course Data Downloads

Note

Some of these files are quite large. If you have issues downloading them, contact us at .

Compute setup

AWS Module

Please follow the instructions to log into your AWS instance.
The content for our AWS/Unix review session on April 17th can be found here.
The schedule for this session can be found here.

AMI

We have made our AWS AMI (Amazon Machine Image) publicly available. To launch your own instance, follow the instructions provided by Amazon on how to launch an EC2 instance from a custom Amazon Machine Image. Please note that you will need an AWS account to proceed, and that you will need to upload the CourseData files yourself.

Here are the details of the AMI:

  • AWS Region: us-east-1 (N. Virgina)
  • AMI type: public image
  • AMI name: CBW_230416
  • AMI ID: ami-0b905fa1d1d233a17

If you want to create and activate a new AWS account, please follow the instructions provided by Amazon.

Software

For information on installing the necessary tools, please visit:

Tool Installation