[Beowulf] how do I get started?

[Geoff Jacobs]

Amir Saad wrote:
> I'm trying to build a small Beowulf cluster using 5 Ubuntu machines. I
> did a lot of search and yet couldn't find a getting started guide. Any
> ideas?
> 
> All the articles I found are using RSH, is it possible to replace this
> with password-less SSH? Would it be possible to use Ubuntu? Which
> packages should I install to build the cluster?
Yes, yes, see below.

> Please advice.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Amir

The packages you need are openssh-server and openssh-client. The server
should be on all machines you must sign in to, the client on the
machines you wish to sign in from.

Here's a guide on setting up ssh so passwords will not be required (just
keys):
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/152

-- 
Geoffrey D. Jacobs