From 482340c17fb9ca591710ec3f488fdd6c5713609c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elias Werner <eliwerner3@googlemail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:57:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Tensorboard from JH, reading log data --- .../docs/software/tensorboard.md | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/tensorboard.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/tensorboard.md index 0dcaf39ad..d12258cd5 100644 --- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/tensorboard.md +++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/tensorboard.md @@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ application. ## Using JupyterHub -The easiest way to use TensorBoard is via [JupyterHub](../access/jupyterhub.md). The default -TensorBoard log directory is set to `/tmp/<username>/tf-logs` on the compute node, where Jupyter -session is running. In order to show your own directory with logs, it can be soft-linked to the -default folder. Open a "New Launcher" menu (`Ctrl+Shift+L`) and select "Terminal" session. It -will start new terminal on the respective compute node. Create a directory `/tmp/$USER/tf-logs` -and link it with your log directory -`ln -s <your-tensorboard-target-directory> <local-tf-logs-directory>` +The easiest way to use TensorBoard is via [JupyterHub](../access/jupyterhub.md). By default, +TensorBoard is configured to read log data from `/tmp/<username>/tf-logs` on the compute node on +which the Jupyter session is running. In order to show your own log data from a different directory, +soft-link this directory with `/tmp/<username>/tf-logs` in order to make TensorBoard reading your +log data. Note, that the directory `/tmp/<username>/tf-logs` might not exist and you have to +create it first. Therefore, open a "New Launcher" (`Ctrl+Shift+L`) and select "Terminal" session. +It will start a new terminal on the respective compute node. Then you can create the directory +`/tmp/<username>/tf-logs` and link it with the directory where your own log data is located. +Consider the following commands to do so: ```Bash mkdir -p /tmp/$USER/tf-logs -- GitLab