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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
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
With the tremendous growth in computer science the School of Computer Science has made a notable investment in the OpenStack cloud platform. OpenStack is used by some SCS courses to provide students with their computing needs. Upper year courses have the option of learning to program OpenStack GPU servers. This year students can utilize... More
Did you know that the SCS has a number of labs that can be used by Comp. Sci. students? If you are currently registered in a COMP course your campus card will give you access to HP4115 and for Sr. undergrads HP5151. The labs are a great place for group work or study in... More
Symptoms of the VirtualBox macOS Security and Access Problems Cause of the Problem Solutions to the Problem Accessing Security & Privacy Settings SOLUTION 1: Allow Identified Apps to Access the System SOLUTION 2: Modify VirtualBox Permissions SOLUTION 3: Clean Re-install of VirtualBox Still Experiencing Problems? Symptoms of the VirtualBox... More
What is an SSH Key Pair? Why use Key Pairs? Comparing Password vs Key Pair Authentication Creating Key Pairs Authenticating and Connecting with Key Pairs Advanced Topic: Configuring SSH SSH allows you to securely connect to remote computers and virtual machines. With SSH, you can use a computer remotely through the terminal, transfer files... More
The School of Computer Science is investing in GPU computing with a purchase of a new GPU server that will facilitate running of undergraduate courses that require GPU computing. The new GPU server scheduled to come online in the Fall of 2019 will have eight 'GeForce RTX 2018 Super' video cards. The server will... More
Is your virtual machine not launching, providing some kind of error, or has very poor performance? This may be caused by your operating system or motherboard settings. This issue can take many forms, so if you are experiencing any problems, you should start by checking your system's virtualization settings. Processor Virtualization must be enabled... More
Sometimes when VirtualBox is updated, or when a Virtual Machine is imported, a non-optimal Graphics Controller may be enabled in the Display Settings for the Virtual Machine. All of our Virtual Machines are designed with the VMSVGA Graphics Controller, which should typically provide the most stability and the best performance. To apply this VMSVGA... More
This guide shows you how to set up a folder which will be shared between your host machine and your guest machine. For more information on transferring files between virtual machines, click here. For a video tutorial on Windows, click here. Setting Up the Shared Folder Select the guest machine you wish to share... More
Why You May Need a VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter What is a Virtual Network / Adapter? Setting Up a Virtual Host-only Network Adding a Host-Only Adapter to a Virtual Machine Find and Test your Host-Only Network IP Why You May Need a VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter Sometimes you would like to be able to network between... More
NOTE: This example uses putty, but the settings are the same for any tool using SSH, SCP, etc. Download Putty: here Use the following settings to make a terminal connection - Some of your settings will be different host: 134.117.216.10 - Replace this with your own instance's floating IP address username: student - default... More
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