Rocky Linux¶

Rocky Linux is a distribution of Linux based on RHEL. The module makes variants of Rocky Linux 8 and 9, with and without developer tools preinstalled available.

UFS HPC Usage Example¶

The default variant is Rocky Linux 9, without development tools. If this is sufficient the following command executed in the terminal will be enough to load the bundle:

1	`module load rocky`

The following example loads the Rocky Linux 8 with development tools

module load rocky release=8 +devel

The rocky_shell commmand can be used to access a shell in Rocky Linux.

1	`rocky_shell`

Performance Notes¶

No performance notes available

Recommended resources per session¶

No recommended resources available

Benchmarks¶

No benchmarks available.

UFS HPC Community Guides and Tutorials¶

No community guides available.

Official site and documentation¶

Licensing Information¶

Rocky Linux is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.

Primary citation¶

External Guides and Resources¶

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