CFD Direct

The Architects of OpenFOAM

Cloud CFD

Running OpenFOAM CFD in the Cloud with AWS using CFD Direct From the Cloud. Training the tools and processes for inexpensive, secure and efficient cloud use.

100% new course from the leaders of the OpenFOAM project and creator of OpenFOAM. 100% open source.

Cloud CFD | OpenFOAM Training | Course Modules (1 day)

Cloud Instances

  • Administration: CFD and the cloud, introduction to AWS, AWS account, access to AWS, identity and access management (IAM), CFD Direct From the Cloud™
  • Running instances: Console sign in, AWS regions, security with key pairs, storing private keys, AWS machine images, EC2 instance types, security groups, launching an instance

CFD in the Cloud

  • Running CFD: SSH login, running an OpenFOAM case, remote desktop, running ParaView, copying data to local machine, synchronising data between hosts
  • Cost Management: 4 main costs of cloud CFD, EC2 instance state, EC2 pricing, spot instance requests, budgets
  • Extra Tips: SSH traffic and firewalls, elastic IP addresses, restricting access to regions, upgrades and OpenFOAM-dev

Efficient Use of the Cloud

  • Effective CFD: Command line interface (CLI), configuring the CLI, making cloud local, managing instances, running applications, production CFD, hardware configuration, parallel performance
  • Data Management: Objective CFD data, plugin post-processing, quick visualisation, transferring data, data transfer costs
  • Data Storage: S3 storage, S3 buckets, IAM policy to access a bucket from EC2, enabling S3 access from an instance, automating S3 access, secure pre-signed URLs

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Who Should Attend

Target Audience

  • CFD users exploring cloud deployment
  • … to reduce administration overheads
  • … to access compute power on demand
  • System administrators providing OpenFOAM in the cloud

Pre-requisites

  • Basic experience of OpenFOAM
  • Familiarity with Linux is an advantage
  • Working through the OpenFOAM Linux Guide is strongly encouraged

Excellent Introduction to Cloud CFD

 

The Cloud CFD course enables CFD users to harness a large number of cores from AWS cloud, eliminating the need for expensive hardware.

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Further Details

Competence in Cloud CFD

  • This course draws on 2000 hours OpenFOAM training experience, by…
  • Chris Greenshields: OpenFOAM project manager and leading trainer, delivering 400+ days of training.
  • Henry Weller: OpenFOAM creator and architect.
  • It teaches effective CFD in the cloud, based on: prototype simulations, built on a local machine; production simulations, with larger meshes run on the cloud; packaged simulations that are reliable, cost effective and easy to use again and again.

Accelerated Learning

Learning Cloud CFD through Experience

  • The training involves learning through experience.
  • We use representative cases to demonstrate running on the cloud.
  • Cloud CFD use is built in small, digestible steps with periods of reflection to reinforce new concepts.
  • We explain both use of AWS console and command line interface to build confidence in use of tools.