====== Spring Quarter Announcements 2018 ======

===== Managed Computing with Full Sudo Privilege =====

ICS Computing Support now offers managed computing with **FULL** Sudo privilege.   See [[services:supported_os|supported OS page]] for more information or send email to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu to get started.

=== Managed  ===

Managed means that ICS Computing Support will:

  * Provision the operating system 
  * Provide constant configuration via [[services:puppet|pupet]]
  * Provide Single Sign-on
  * Ensure NFS Access to ICS Storage Servers, home and extra directories, and the [[software:software_library|Software Library]] (/pkg).
  * ICS /home /extra directories are snap shotted daily and backed up to tape monthly.
  * Package installs from trusted OS repositories.
  * Compile new software to install in [[software:software_library|Software Library]]
  * Limited Sudo for limited number of designated users.
  * Any compute role (e.g. MySQL, Apache, MongoDB, Cycle Server)
  * Service configuration
  * Service and resource [[services:monitoring:nagios|Monitoring]]

=== Managed with Sudo  ===

Managed with Sudo will include everything from Managed with the following changes:  
  * Full Sudo
  * ICS Storage Servers, home and extra directories, are only available via [[accounts:fuse-sshfs|FUSE]].
  * There are no snapshots or backups, user must backup data to ICS Storage Servers.
  * Docker is available.


=== FOSS Tool Recomendations ===
[[https://swiki.ics.uci.edu/doku.php/software:commontools|Recommended tools]], free and open source.   Let us know if you have more suggestions.


===== Other Announcements =====

Announcements sent on 4/9/2018 are available here [[announce:winter-2018|Older Spring 2018 Announcements]]