Understanding RONIN Tags in AWS: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing cloud resources efficiently requires a robust tagging strategy. RONIN, a platform designed to simplify cloud computing for research, leverages AWS tagging extensively to provide structure, automation, and cost management capabilities. This post dives deep into how RONIN tags work, exploring the different types of tags used for EC2 machines,

Kubernetes

Deploying Kubernetes in single-node mode on a RONIN machine

Do you have a Kubernetes application that you would like to test or develop in the cloud, but don't want to get into the nitty gritty of having to set up and configure a whole cluster? This blog post will show you how to set up Kubernetes on a RONIN machine in just minutes with MicroK8s.

windows

Life's Too Short to Troubleshoot Windows - a RONIN guide

Tired of troubleshooting Windows issues? This guide shows you how to quickly grab your data from a broken Windows machine by moving its root drive to a fresh RONIN server.

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RONIN Release: Thursday 12th December 2024

New AZ Selector for new RONIN Projects, Many Minor Features and some Bug Fixes too!

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Turbocharging your S3 Uploads: A Guide to Blazing-Fast Data Transfer with the AWS CLI

RONIN's Object Storage is the same as Amazon S3, a fantastic service for storing vast amounts of data. But uploading large datasets can sometimes feel like watching paint dry. Fear not, speed demons! This blog post will equip you with the knowledge and tools to transform your uploads

vmware

Escape the VMware Licensing Trap: Why RONIN is Your Gateway to Cloud Freedom and Cost Savings

Are you tired of the ever-increasing costs and complexities of VMware licensing? As your infrastructure needs grow, so do your expenses, often at an exponential rate. It's time to break free from this restrictive model and embrace a more cost-effective and scalable solution. RONIN: Your Gateway to Cloud

rstudio

Upgrading RStudio Server on Ubuntu with RONIN

This guide walks you through a simple upgrade process for RStudio Server on Ubuntu with RONIN

ami

Custom AMI Updates for RONIN Packages via AWS Systems Manager

Want to be able to automate updating AMIs in the RONIN Package Catalogue via the AWS console? Well, this blog post will teach you how!

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RONIN Release: Wednesday 25th September 2024

Automatic Drive Backups, New Empty Object Storage Feature, Custom RONIN Package Catalogue AMI Updates for Admins and RONIN Kickstarter Projects!

RONIN Automated Kickstarter Projects

Setting up initial onboarding processes for cloud adoption can be a daunting task for any organisation, no matter its size. Many users often want to "try before they buy", having the chance to explore the cloud platform to see whether it fits their needs, prior to committing to

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Excluding certain domains and subdomains from RONIN

If you are using your RONIN domain for other production services, they need to be identified as "protected domains", so that they can be excluded from the RONIN UI. This blog post provides the necessary steps for you to set up the required parameter to do so.

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RONIN Release: Wednesday 26th June 2024

NEW Admin Audit Dashboard, NEW Project History Sidebar, and many minor feature upgrades!

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How to install and use Quarto with RStudio on a RONIN Machine

Quarto is an open-source tool designed for writing dynamic documents incorporating code chunks for data analysis, visualization, and other computational tasks. This blog post shows you how to install and use Quarto with RStudio on a RONIN Machine.

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RONIN Release: Wednesday 27th March 2024

New Object Storage Bucket Migration and Management Screen for Admins! IPV4 pricing, improved support communication methods, improved RONIN audit logging, bucket creation dates and more Windows launch script options!

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Accessing your RONIN object storage with Rclone

Rclone is a command-line program that allows you to copy, sync, and move files between your local system to various cloud storage services. This blog post will teach you how to install and configure Rclone to manage files in your object storage bucket.

jupyter

Enhancing AI Research: Seamlessly Connecting RONIN's Jupyter Notebook to Google Colab

Google Colab is a free hosted Jupyter Notebook service. This blog post will walk you through all the steps you need to connect Google Colab to your RONIN machine so that you can receive all the benefits of the Google Colab platform, without being restricted by computational power.

mlflow

Creating an MLFlow server in RONIN

MLFlow is an open source platform for managing machine learning (ML) workflows. This blog post teaches you how to set up a MLFlow server in RONIN.

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RONIN Release: Tuesday 12th December 2023

New machine layout for managing many single machines, SSD upgrades, and some minor bug fixes.

s3

Mounting your object storage bucket as a local filesystem with Mountpoint

AWS has released an open source client called Mountpoint that allows you to easily mount your object storage bucket as a local filesystem. This blog post shows you the pros and cons of Mountpoint, and how to use it.

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RONIN Release: Tuesday 17th October 2023

RONIN LINK Rebuilt! Support for Ed25519 keys. Lots of other minor features and bug fixes.

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How to configure a RONIN machine as a public webserver

If you have configured a RONIN machine as a webserver and would like to open it up to the public internet, there are a few manual steps that need to be performed in the AWS console via a RONIN Administrator. This blog will run you through those key steps.

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Managing versions in object storage

Enabling versioning on an object storage bucket is a great way to make sure you never lose important work, but how exactly do you get a file version back if you want to revert your changes? This blog post covers everything you need to know about version management!

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RONIN Release: Thursday 22nd June 2023

PHP and AWS SDK updated, minor improvements and bug fixes.

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How to recover archived files from Glacier

The process of retrieving archived files from Glacier is pretty quick and simple once you know how, and this blog post will teach you just that!