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A collection of 22 posts

release-collection

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!

beginner-collection

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!

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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.

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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.

admin-collection

Automating RONIN Cost Reports with AWS Cost Explorer

What happens when RONIN users and administrators want to keep a closer watchful eye on where the money is going?

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Creating a MySQL Database in RONIN

Databases are not necessarily part of a researcher's daily toolkit, although they are an important part of websites, data management systems, and popular repositories of data that researchers access.

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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.

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Connect R to Object Storage

There's so much research data out there and R is a popular way to mash it up, scrape it down, run statistics on it and make it beautiful. You can access research data available in object storage buckets directly from within R....

storage

Data Management in RONIN

Effective data management is crucial in the cloud but with so many storage options available, things can be a little confusing. This blog post summarises all you need to know about the different data storage options in RONIN and when to use them.

netdata

Easy and Extensive Resource Monitoring with Netdata

When running analyses in the cloud, it's essential that you can monitor your resource usage. Understanding your compute usage is crucial in ensuring your analyses are running as efficiently as possible and making the most of your valuable cloud dollars.

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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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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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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.

rstudio

Creating and Connecting to RStudio with RONIN LINK

In this video, we will show you how to get started with RStudio in RONIN, from creating a new machine with RStudio installed, to accessing it through your web browser via RONIN LINK

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Connect Your Linux Machine to Your Object Storage Bucket with AWS Command Line Interface

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be many nice 'clickety click' interfaces for moving files between Linux and Object Stores... But that's ok! Let's get started!

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Connect Your Windows / Mac to Your Object Storage Bucket with Cyberduck

In our previous article, we explained Object Storage, versioning and archiving. Once you have created an object store and generated a key, you can then connect to it!

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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.

beginner-collection

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-intensive applications.

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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.