✎ Summer Quarter Announcements 2018 [Support Wiki]

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====== Summer Quarter Announcements 2018 ======

====Instructional Virtual Machine Support @ ICS====
ICS Computing Support runs a cluster of machines capable of providing personal virtual machines for ICS stduents.

Students with acces to this cluster:

  * Start a VM using a single command from any host in the openlab
  * Local root privilege on their VM
  * Reconnect on either console or via ssh
  * Many other benefits

If you would like to find out how this  service can be good fit for your course, undergraduate or graduate, send a message to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu and we will reach out.

More information is avaiable on our Support Wiki:

  https://swiki.ics.uci.edu/doku.php/virtual_environments:virtual_environments



==== CUDA 9.0 ====

We have begun installing CUDA 9.0 on ICS hosts with graphics cards.   Please send mail to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu to request an upgrade.

==== Python Default Version:  3.6.1 ====

Default version of has been updated to Python 3.6.1.

**Note:**  The binary is called `python3`.   The pip utility binary is called `pip3`.

Please use the [[commands:modules|`module`]] command to add python3 to your environment.  e.g. `module load python`.


==== 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 Suport 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.