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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.

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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.

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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.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Supporting Researchers on the Cloud

It's obvious, isn't it? The purpose of research computing support is to enable researchers to conduct more research faster, to make new discoveries, to publish more influential papers, obtain more grant funding, and train the next generation. But in practice...

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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!

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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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Installing and Managing Bioinformatics Software with Conda

One of the first hurdles when getting started with cloud computing is understanding how to best install and manage the software you wish to use for your analyses. Fortunately, this can be a breeze thanks to the package management system known as Conda.

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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/Head Node's Desktop via 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 -

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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 returning here I have

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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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