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Thursday, February 4, 2021
If your running Windows you need at least 2 accounts: Administrator account Regular User account. For everyday work use the Regular User account! You can do much more damage if you launch an exploit as administrator than as a regular user! Sometimes you don’t even know that you have launched an exploit!... More
Friday, January 29, 2021
SSH Connection with x2go Remote Desktop Client DEPRECATED - x2go is not used on newer images created since the Fall of 2024 - Instead use TurboVNC with our newer images Download x2go: here You can find a video demo of these instructions here: Connect to Remote Desktop via x2go (Video) Use the following settings... More
SSH Connection Using the putty SSH Terminal Client NOTE: This example uses putty, but the settings are the same for any tool using ssh, scp, etc. Download Putty: here You can find a video demo of these instructions here: Connect Remotely via a putty terminal (video) Enter settings into putty: Enter username /... More
Openstack Console - Security Warning Connect to an Openstack Instance Using the Openstack Console This article explains how to connect to an openstack web console using a web browser. Openstack Console - Security Warning SECURITY WARNING: It is important to remember than ANY user logged into an openstack project can view the console for... More
Thursday, January 28, 2021
This article covers the steps for importing a Virtual Machine into VirtualBox. If you have not yet installed VirtualBox, you can do so using the Install VirtualBox Guide. To import one of the SCS Virtual Machines as a guest into VirtualBox, follow these steps: Download the Virtual Machine for your course from our Course... More
Video and written instructions for installing VirtualBox: Video Guide to Installing VirtualBox and Running a Virtual Machine Please complete BOTH of these steps to install VirtualBox: Download and install the latest VirtualBox for your host from virtualbox.org VirtualBox Visual C++ Redistributable Error This issue has recently appeared on the... More
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Step 1: Set up Multiple Compute Nodes Step 2: Update hostname of the compute nodes Step 3: Set up the SSH Keys and Environment Step 4: Replicate the SSH Environment Step 5: Replicate /etc/hosts file Step 6: Test Your Passwordless SSH Connections! Graphic: Set up of SSH Enabled Multi-node Compute Environment Copy Files Between... More
Uploading Custom Images to Openstack Snapshots: Customizing Existing Openstack Images Openstack Image Considerations Openstack Image Tips Minimize Image Size Uploading Custom Images to Openstack Due to space constraints, only the SCS Technical Staff can upload new custom images to Openstack. Please contact them to arrange for your image to be... More
Monday, January 25, 2021
OpenSSH is now included with Windows 10 (as of October 2018). Depending on your version of Windows, the feature may or may not be installed by default. Step 1: Check if SSH is enabled To check if SSH is enabled on your system, open a command prompt and end the command ssh. If it... More
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
We strongly advise all Carleton students and employees use Carleton email for Carleton business. We discourage forwarding Carleton email or communicating via a non-Carleton email provider. It is important for students to communicate via their Carleton email so that faculty and staff know the authenticity of the sender. Secondly non-Carleton emails... More
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
The School of Computer Science has introduced a laptop requirement for all first year Computer Science students and everyone enrolled in a 1st year COMP course. This will be in effect once students are physically back on campus. The School is asking that all students plan ahead, and prepare for this requirement by reviewing the recommended... More
Friday, November 22, 2019
Why extend a disk? What is LVM Partition Check Existing Space Extend Partition using the Script Extend Partition Manually Why extend a disk? Many of our images (primarily on openstack) do not grow their partition/file system size automatically if you choose a flavor (openstack resource definition) that allocates more disk space to your instance... More
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