Nathan Albrighton - RONIN BLOG

Visualising the Future of Healthcare: Using 3D Slicer in RONIN Isolate

In the worlds of health and life sciences, the stakes for data security are incredibly high. Researchers need to work with sensitive patient data (like MRI and CT scans) while maintaining strict compliance with regulations like HIPAA or GDPR. Enter RONIN Isolate - our "bubble" environment designed specifically for

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Azure Lab Services is Retiring: Time to Upgrade to RONIN!

Azure Lab Services is being retired, RONIN offers a smarter upgrade. Easily create and manage virtual classrooms without cloud expertise, control costs with built-in safeguards, and deploy consistent environments at scale. Flexible, secure, and built for modern teaching.

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Start Building AI: A New Way to Deploy LLMs in RONIN

Whether you need a sandbox for LLaMA, a secure environment for sensitive data, or just raw GPU power without the setup costs, RONIN can handle the heavy lifting.

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Onboarding users into RONIN ISOLATE

Quickly onboard users into RONIN Isolate with our step-by-step guide. Learn how to set up user access in AWS WorkSpaces Applications, assign RONIN stacks, and walk end users through logging in to RONIN via their secure desktop environment.

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Supercharge your Statistics with JAGS and Stan on RONIN

Get JAGS and Stan up and running with RONIN in minutes. Skip painful installs by using RONIN LINK and pre-configured repos, then verify both Bayesian tools in RStudio so you can dive straight into powerful statistical modelling.

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How to Request an EC2 Quota Increase on AWS (and Get it Approved Faster!)

Running into EC2 service quotas? Follow this step-by-step guide to request a quota increase on AWS, understand the approval process, and maximise your chances of receiving the capacity you need.

How to deploy a .NET app on a RONIN Windows Server with HTTPS

How to Deploy an ASP.NET Core App with HTTPS on Windows Server 2022 (Directly on Server) Deploying web applications to a server can seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be. In this guide, we'll walk through the process of deploying a simple "Hello,

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Introducing RONIN Isolate (TRE/SDE): Self-service research computing in a bubble

We are excited to introduce RONIN Isolate, an extension of our flagship cloud-based self-service research environment, that is designed specifically to meet stringent regulatory and institutional IT security requirements.

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Troubleshooting Tips for Slurm and AWS ParallelCluster

In this blog post we present some tips to help you troubleshoot some of the most common issues researchers come across when using SLURM and ParallelCluster.

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Packaging Clusters in RONIN

In RONIN, a package is a cluster template that is ready to create preconfigured cluster, defined by you! Packages will have an Operating System, a Root Volume (for the operating system) and any user defined volumes, such as datasets, files, or pretty much anything you want. It will also have

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Connecting to your Machine / Auto Scale Cluster Desktop with DCV

Features * Virtual Machines Desktop with DCV - Secure Cloud Desktops * Install and Run your virtual machine Desktop securely with RONIN LINK 2.0 and above * Fully encrypted, low latency, GPU / non GPU supported instance types After creating your Windows/Linux machine: Step 1 - Open RONIN LINK Step 2 - Click CONNECT TO

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Copying Large Datasets to Your Object Storage Bucket with the AWS Command Line Interface

The beauty of having your data in your object storage (S3 bucket) is that any machine or projects you create in RONIN can access the data.. only if you want it to. If you're a Windows or Mac user, you can read this article on copying data to

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Connecting to a Public S3 Bucket

Connecting to a public S3 bucket is alot easier than connecting a Linux machine to your S3 bucket I have a Public Object Store already, lets get started! Step 1 - Download and Setup the Amazon Command Line Interface (CLI) Amazon provide a wonderful article on [installing the CLI here].(https:

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Adding a Conda Environment to Jupyter Notebook

We will show you how easy it is to create a conda environment and adding it to your Jupyter notebook. If you haven't launched a Jupyter notebook on RONIN, you'll want to read the Accessing a Jupyter notebook with RONIN on how to do so before

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Accessing a Jupyter Notebook with RONIN

First up let's fire up a new Ubuntu machine. If you need a reminder on how to do that click here. Note: Some pre-configured software packages, such as the Deep Learning packages, will already come with Jupyter Notebook installed. You can select one of these packages instead

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What is Hyper-Threading?

Watch this awesome short video using food analogies to get an understanding of what Hyper-threading is!

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How to Test Intel MPI and Slurm on AWS ParallelCluster

Running parallel jobs on an HPC cluster requires that your job scheduler (Slurm) and your MPI library (Intel MPI) are correctly integrated. Before launching a complex application, it's essential to run a simple test to ensure everything is working. Here’s a quick guide on how to do

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Setting up a Database in a RONIN Machine

Setting up a database in a RONIN machine and connecting to that machine from another RONIN machine is really simple within a project.