machine-collection

A collection of 24 posts

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Selecting the Right Machine Type for the Right Job

RONIN and cloud computing represent a different way of thinking. Choosing a machine type means understanding how different selections for CPU, memory, storage, and other characteristics will affect the time to do your work. This blog post will provide some guidelines for choosing wisely.

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Creating a MATLAB Machine

MATLAB is a programming and numeric computing platform used by millions of engineers and scientists to analyse data, develop algorithms, and create models. This blog post will show you how to create a MATLAB machine with RONIN.

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New Machine or New Autoscaling Cluster? Which Should I Choose?

When you begin to work with RONIN you are immediately faced with a choice — do you create a new machine? Or an autoscaling cluster? And what is the difference and why do you have to choose at all? Machines A machine is a single computer, even though it can 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 -

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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 of

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Create a Remote Desktop in a Snap

Below we demonstrate how easy it is to create a brand new remote desktop. With RONIN you can launch a Windows environment and login within minutes.

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Create and Connect to a Docker Machine with RONIN

Watch this video to see how easy it is to create and connect to a Docker machine.

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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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RONIN LINK - Our Handy Desktop App! (v3.0.5)

We aim to minimise the complexity of cloud, not just those with IT degrees. Introducing our new SSH desktop app for Ubuntu - RONIN LINK!

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Accessing Your Server Application with SSH Port Forwarding

Port forwarding via SSH (SSH tunneling) creates a secure connection between a local computer and a remote machine through which services can be relayed. Port forwarding with SSH to the rescue!

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SSH Commands and Default Usernames

We thought it would be a good idea to give you some default SSH commands and usernames to make connecting easier. If you are having difficulty, check out our connecting to linux via SSH article for more information.

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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!

linux

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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Managing your Machines in RONIN

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

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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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Connecting to a Linux (Ubuntu) Machine with PuTTY

PuTTY is a free tool for connecting via SSH (Secure Shell) for Windows users. We will be using this to access our newly created Linux machine!

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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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Connecting to Linux (Ubuntu) Machine via SSH

To make use of your newly created Linux machine, you need to connect to it via SSH or Secure Shell. Time to get your hands dirty!

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Creating a Machine in RONIN

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