Start GeoDict by double-clicking the GeoDict-icon on the desktop. Which version of GeoDict is available depends on your choice during the setup of the cloud machine. Now you can use GeoDict just as you are used to on your local machine.

The default project folder of GeoDict on the cloud machine is /home/geodict/MyFirstGeoDictProject. We strongly recommend working only within this folder (or sub-folders created by you) as it is the only location with a useful amount of free space on the machine (at least 1 TiB - depending on your account). When uploading results, this folder is also the default source folder.

If you have selected a ZIP archive when starting the cloud machine, its contents will be available in the /home/geodict/MyFirstGeoDictProject directory. The lost+found folder is created by the operating system by default and can be ignored.

Once you have started a GeoDict simulation, you can enable an Email notification to be sent when the simulation is finished. To enable it, double-click the notifyWhenDone.py icon on the desktop of the cloud machine. This will open a window informing you that the script is waiting for GeoDict to become idle. An Email notification will be sent to the address connected to your Math2Market Cloud account once the simulation is finished. Closing this window deactivates the script. You can now close the noVNC viewer browser tab. After you received the notification Email, reconnect to the machine to upload the results. Then you can start another simulation or terminate the machine to avoid running costs.

Any started cloud machine will continue to run until it is terminated. This means you can log out from the dashboard, close all tabs and even shut down your computer. Any simulation that you have started on a cloud machine will continue to run. At any later point in time (e.g., when you receive the idle notification email), you can login to the dashboard again, reconnect to the machine and continue your work (e.g. view & upload the results).