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admin-collection

Determining which DNS server to use for your RONIN Isolate

Since RONIN Isolate operates via internal IP addresses only, a custom DNS server will need to be set within your workspace in order for you to be able to connect to your RONIN Isolate machines. This blog post teaches you how.

admin-collection

Creating Users a WorkSpace for RONIN Isolate

RONIN Isolate has been designed to only be able to be accessed via a secure enclave of machines called WorkSpaces. In this blog post we describe the process of creating WorkSpaces for RONIN Isolate users.

release-collection

RONIN Release: Tuesday 20th December 2022

Additional Object Storage Archiving Options! Improved filter when selecting machine types! Lots of helpful minor features, and some bug fixes to boot!

beginner-collection

Logging in to your RONIN Isolate AWS WorkSpace

RONIN Isolate has been designed to only be able to be accessed via a secure enclave of machines called WorkSpaces. In this blog post we describe the process of connecting to your WorkSpace for the first time.

s3

How to empty an Object Storage Bucket

This blog post will teach you how to easily empty all objects from an object storage bucket to get it ready for deletion.

postgresql

Creating a PostgreSQL Database in RONIN

We previously blogged about installing MySQL on a RONIN machine. But databases are different, and another open source database that is popular among researchers is PostgreSQL. This blog post teaches you how to install and connect to a PostgreSQL database with RONIN.

release-collection

RONIN Release: Tuesday 13th September 2022

RONIN LINK V2.3.0 - Upgraded RStudio, Custom DNS Settings, New Mount Drives Feature!

spack

Spack is Research Computing's Best Friend

Research and cloud computing are a perfect fit, but the reality of managing software on dynamic clusters in the cloud can be a challenge. Fortunately, nifty tools like Spack can help get you up and running with optimised versions of your required software in just minutes.

release-collection

RONIN Release: Friday 12th August 2022

Resize Drives in a Few Clicks! New Package Management and Storage Summary screens for Admins! Improved Dashboard with Better Storage Cost and Usage Data for Users! Ability to Manage Default OS Offerings, and So Much More!!

slurm

Parallelizing Workloads With Slurm (Brute Force Edition)

One of the reasons researchers turn to clusters and Slurm is to run many independent jobs. Recently, we posted about how to use Slurm job arrays to do this. Here we describe some additional intuitive ways of getting the job(s) done.

slurm

Parallelizing Workloads with Slurm Job Arrays

Do you have a script that needs to be run across many samples? Or maybe you need to parameter test a script with a variety of values? This blog post covers how to achieve this simply and efficiently with Slurm job arrays.

software-collection

Automatically syncing scripts to your RONIN machine with Visual Studio Code

Did you know that instead of having to manually copy scripts and other files over to your RONIN machine each time you make changes, you can instead have all of your changes automatically synced as soon as you hit save!? Here we show you how with Visual Studio Code.

slurm

A simple Slurm guide for beginners

SLURM is a popular job scheduler that is used to allocate, manage and monitor jobs on your cluster. In this blog post we teach you the basics of submitting SLURM jobs on your very own auto scaling cluster in the cloud with RONIN.

software-collection

Preparing a Customized Windows Environment for Sharing

Want to share your custom Windows environment with other users but require them to set their own Administrator password? Find out how in this blog post!

software-collection

Creating and managing your own Galaxy server in RONIN

Galaxy is an open-source platform which allows users to use command-line tools via a graphical web interface. This blog post will teach you how to set up your own Galaxy server with RONIN.

igv

Visualising Genomic Data with IGV in RONIN

The Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) is one of the most popular free, open source software packages for the visual exploration of genomic data. In this blog post we will show you how to install and configure IGV on your machine or cluster with RONIN LINK.

software-collection

Documenting Your Workloads With Markdown

In this blog post we are going to focus on how to take your code documentation to the next level with a popular markup language known as Markdown.

release-collection

RONIN Release: Friday 4th March 2022

Improved Blog Features and ronin.cloud Website Upgrade!

application

Useful Desktop Apps For Researchers

Because many researchers work closely with the command line to run their analyses, managing and documenting scripts and workloads is key for reproducibility. In this blog post we describe three helpful classes of desktop applications that you can use to better manage your research workflows.

software-collection

Version Control of Your Scripts with Git

Git is an essential version control tool for anyone who writes their own code or scripts. This blog post will give you a simple introduction to the beginner fundamentals of Git.

classroom

Virtual Classrooms in RONIN

The creation of virtual classrooms in the cloud with RONIN means students are no longer confined to the physical hardware available at their institution, and professors have a simple way of ensuring all students have access to the same environment to complete their coursework.

aws

Using Spot Instances to Reduce Cluster Costs

By requesting unused AWS EC2 instances at a discounted price via the Spot market, you can significantly reduce your cluster costs. This article will explain the pros and cons of Spot instances and provide you with some tips for getting started.

cluster

Configuring and Managing Your own Autoscaling Cluster

Configuring and managing your own autoscaling cluster in the cloud does take a bit of getting used to. Luckily we're here to teach you the ropes and help you get your cluster set up just the way you like it!

linux

An Introduction to Linux Directories and the PATH Variable

To effectively manage your compute environment in the cloud, you need to understand the Linux directory structure, as well as key environment variables such as the PATH variable. This blog post is here to teach you the basics.

linux

10 Simple Linux Commands Every Researcher Should Know

Being able to work with and manipulate files directly via the command line is one of the most useful skills to develop when working in the cloud. This blog post will introduce you to 10 common Linux commands that are crucial for your analysis artillery.