The quick start guides require that you already have a HCC account. You
can get a HCC account by applying on the
[HCC website] (http://hcc.unl.edu/newusers/)
The quick start guides require that you already have a HCC account. You can get a HCC account by applying on the [HCC website] (http://hcc.unl.edu/newusers/).
After you recieve an email stating your account has been created, you will need to setup DUO at either our [Lincoln](https://maps.unl.edu/SHOR) or [Omaha](https://pki.nebraska.edu/new/pages/about-pki/maps-directions-and-parking) office. More details can be found on our [Setting up and Using Duo]({{<relref"setting_up_and_using_duo">}}) page.
Once you have DUO setup, you can connect to either Crane or Tusker using ssh. For Mac, Linux, and Widnows 10, you can use the *ssh* command in the terminal or command prompt. For Windows versions 8.1 and prior, you can use [PuTTY](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html). For more details on how to connect to Crane or Tusker, or how to tranfers files to and from them, visit our [How to Connect]({{<relref"connecting">}}) page.
To submit work to Crane or Tusker, you would use either the SLURM or HTCondor and a submit script. The submit scripts tell the scheduler, either SLURM or HTCondor, what parameters to use such as resources to request and where to output the results of your job. The script will also contain the neccesarry commands in order to start the job itself. Submitting jobs and the configurations of the submit scripts can be viewed in more detail on our [Submitting Jobs]({{<relref"submitting_jobs">}}) page, with specific details on [SLURM's documentation](https://slurm.schedmd.com/pdfs/summary.pdf) and [HTCondor's documentation](http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/manual/v8.6/2_5Submitting_Job.html)
Many times HCC users will use specific applications, programs, or compile source code to run on HCC clusters. All software on the clusters require being loaded in with the *module* command. If a piece of software is not offered through module, users can request software to be installed and become available. For more details on running applications, refer to our [Running Applications]({{<relref"running_applications">}}) page.
