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RONIN Default IAM Policies

This blog post outlines the default IAM policies RONIN leverages to access services within the AWS account.

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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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 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.

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Viewing RONIN Log Activity With Splunk: Part 1

A universal requirement for compliance is that logs be kept to track certain activities and data access. In this blog post we describe how to use Splunk to examine audit trail logs from RONIN Core.

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Automating Little Things With Lambda

When you need to automate a little thing in RONIN, look towards AWS Lambda.

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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.

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Connecting Your On-Premises Network to Your RONIN AWS Cloud Account

There are a number of reasons why you might want to connect to AWS from your on-premises network infrastructure, and a number of ways to do so. This blog post is a helpful starting point to determine which solution might work best for you.

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Prepare AWS SSO to Connect to RONIN

This article will guide you through the steps to create RONIN as an application in AWS SSO to prepare to have it connected to your RONIN login. We will assume you have AWS SSO set up on an AWS account already and a RONIN deployed. In the AWS console go

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Research Computing with RONIN on AWS Webinar Series

Researchers demonstrating benefits of RONIN and AWS in the real world. This 3 part webinar series hosted by AWS, shows real life examples of researchers using RONIN and AWS. A beginner’s guide to genomics in the cloud with RONIN and AWS Ready to harness the power of cloud computing

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AWS Best Practices when using RONIN

We recommend all of our customers use the AWS Well Architected Tool to ensure when using RONIN that they adhere to the AWS Well-Architected Five Pillars Framework.

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RONIN and AWS Research Subsidies

Accelerating research is our mission and passion. In partnership with AWS, we are now accepting applications for significant subsidies for research institutions, colleges and universities. We thought it was about time that we gave back to the global research community. This offer includes: * Subsidised annual site-wide RONIN license (up 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]

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Instructions for Your Detailed Project Billing Report

To make life easy, we’ve created a simple step by step guide to help you generate one of the most useful reports in your AWS console - your own RONIN Project ID (RPID) report.

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Creating New Users

Now you have your shiny new RONIN you need to fill it up with users.

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An AWS Introduction to RONIN

We recently presented RONIN at an AWS webinar! Watch how the RONIN team transform your AWS account into a finely tuned self-service research platform