Google Cloud¶
Prerequisites¶
Google Cloud Account
Sufficient quota to access
a2-highcpu-1g
Instances (These are Instances with Nvidia A100 GPUs.)M-Star license
M-Star download portal account
Setup SSH keys for your Google Cloud project
Create Instance¶
Login to https://console.cloud.google.com.
On the left navigation bar, go to Compute Engine.
Click Create Instance at the top.
Set name.
Under Machine configuration, select the GPU machine family.
Select GPU type: NVidia Tesla A100.
Select the number of GPUs: 2+.
Under Boot disk, select Change.
Operating System: Ubuntu
Version: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Size: 500
Select Create.
Install M-Star CFD¶
See Linux (Single Node).
Troubleshooting Pre and Post startup¶
See Troubleshooting M-Star Pre/Post start up for additional information