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RONIN LINK - Our Handy Desktop App!

RONIN LINK is a free desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux that connects you to your RONIN machines in one click. Open a terminal or a full desktop, move files, and open apps like RStudio and Jupyter, all over a secure SSH connection.

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Working with Object Storage (AWS S3 and Glacier) in RONIN

We've been busy here at RONIN, simplifying Amazon's S3, versioning and Glacier, so that everyone can benefit from what the cloud has to offer, not just tech savvy nerds like us.

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Your Project Backups (Snapshots) Summary

Here at RONIN, we aim to simplify everything related to cloud computing. We decided the word backup is a simplified word for snapshot.

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Your Project Storage Summary

We think it's a good idea to have a summary of all your project's storage volumes accessible with quick actions and the ability to create blank storage volumes, and volumes from snapshots on one easy to access page. We also suggest you become familiar with how

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Managing Storage Drives in RONIN

A storage volume is a durable, block-level storage device that you can attach to a single machine. You can use storage volumes as primary storage for data of any sort, it can be a root volume for an operating system, or data that requires frequent updates, or for throughput-

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Packaging Machines in RONIN

So, you've created an awesome machine. Instead of doing this set up each time you need a new machine with the same configuration, why not package this machine?!

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Scheduling Machines in RONIN

Are you human? Us too! One of the real drawbacks to being a human is we have the capacity to forget things, like turning things off when we don't need them. Smart Schedule to the rescue!

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Making a Storage Volume Available for Use in Linux

After you attach a storage volume to your machine, you will still have to let Linux know it's there. It will also have to be in a format that Linux recognises.

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Terminating Machines/Clusters in RONIN

If you no longer require a machine, you can terminate it. Terminating a machine in RONIN is permanent and irreversable!!! There are no do-overs! Be careful!

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Making a Storage Volume Available for Use in Windows

After you attach a storage volume to your machine, you will still have to let your operating system know it's there. We'll take you through how to do just that.

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Creating and Using Backups in RONIN

A snapshot is more than just a backup. In fact, it's a backup that replicates itself across three physical locations. And they're remarkably cheap, compared to any other storage, making it a great way to reduce your project's expenditure.

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Managing your Machines in RONIN

The Machine Summary screen is your go-to for everything machine related!

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Your RONIN Dashboard

The dashboard screen is your project's home page. It gives you a quick glance of everything attributed to your project.

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Connecting to Your New Machine

Connecting to a machine in the cloud can be a bit tricky, especially if you're new to the concept. Here's a few links to get connected!

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Connecting to Windows with RDP

To connect to Windows in RONIN, we need to utilise something called Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

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Changing / Resizing Machines in RONIN

Change the size of your machine with just a few clicks. From a machine with 1 vCPU and 0.5 GiB of RAM to a whopping 128 vCPUs and a 3,904 GiB of RAM

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Transferring Files to Your New Machine

Now that you've created a machine, we will use Cyberduck to move our precious files up to this machine.

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Creating a Machine in RONIN

Creating a machine is easy in RONIN, we take care of all the tricky bits.