Nevis particle physics administrative cluster This page is obsolete. The complexity and failure modes of HA clusters was too much for a small site like ours. This...
Nevis particle physics administrative cluster This is a description of the organization of the administrative computers on the Nevis Linux cluster . The emphas...
Nevis Calendars There are four calendar software packages installed on the Nevis web server... and three sets of calendar URLs for you to remember. This web page ...
Conda Conda is a popular package management system. Here are some tips and tricks for using that system on the Nevis particle physics systems. Before you go to c...
Nevis particle physics administrative cluster configuration Archived 20 Sep 2013: The high availability cluster has been set aside in favor of a more traditional ...
Environment modules on the Nevis particle physics Linux cluster Environment modules are a way of setting up a Linux shell environment. On the cluster, we ...
Frequently asked questions and tips I've forgotten my password. See the .ResetPassword page. Why can't I edit a page or create a new one? You can't make changes...
Git Below are basic commands to get around git. There are plenty more available, and your usage will become complicated as you go. You may want to read the git bo...
Hidden directories and package management If you use either conda or pip to manage software packages, or work with keras,you may have encountered something st...
Jupyter notebook server at Nevis Jupyter (formerly IPython) has become a popular tool for interactive physics analysis. Here are some examples of what you can do ...
Accessing the FNAL Kerberos Realm from Nevis The Computing Division at Fermilab is implementing a strong authentication model for their system security. This imp...
Nevis Linux Cluster Overview The Nevis Linux Cluster may seem a bit confusing at first. It's actually several smaller clusters linked together. Each working gro...
Nevis Linux Cluster FAQ The answers to many Frequently Asked Questions about the Nevis Linux cluster. It covers subjects not addressed by the other Linux cluste...
Nevis Mail The Nevis mail domain is nevis.columbia.edu. When you are given an account on the Linux cluster, a mail account is established for you with the same na...
Network parameters These are the network parameters for a device on one of the Nevis networks . If a device uses DHCP, it will pick up this information automa...
Nevis Networks and Firewall Restrictions This web page contains a discussion of the Nevis network environment, including some of the traffic restrictions imposed ...
Nevis emblem and variants To use the emblem in your talks or other presentations, right click on an image below and select Save image as... Description Whit...
Problems observed with the Wiki The issues described here are probably never going to be "fixed." They're observations and characteristics of the way the Wiki a...
Basic diagnostics for the high availability cluster Archived 20 Sep 2013: The high availability cluster has been set aside in favor of a more traditional single b...
Nevis particle physics administrative cluster configuration Archived 20 Sep 2013: The high availability cluster has been set aside in favor of a more traditional ...
Nevis Printing This page describes some basic commands related to printing on the Nevis Linux cluster . How to configure printers on your laptop If you connec...
SSH Tips Some practical tips on using ssh. SSH without passwords Why would you want to do this? * All the systems at Nevis will block your IP address after a ...
Nevis Scanning If you have documents to scan, the fastest and most powerful scanner at Nevis is the Ricoh IM 4000 in room 119A; it can be used as a scanner, copie...
Nevis particle physics secure network warnings There's a couple of things to know before starting to use the Nevis particle phyics web proxy or VPN . The...
Nevis Security Issues Some tips on mail security can be found here. The harsh reality As research scientists, we normally don't like to think about system secur...
Nevis Local Software These are commands developed or enhanced at Nevis for our own use. (Other sites, such as Fermilab, have defined their own versions of these c...
Nevis Software Guide In addition to the notes below and in linked web pages, you should also look at the latest nevis linux announcements for descriptions of new ...
Subversion (svn) Subversion is a version control management system. It's useful when more than one person is making changes to a set of files, whether those files...
Nevis Additional Software These are programs available on the Linux cluster that are not part of a standard Linux installation. To see what versions of a pack...
Computer room temperature and cluster shutdown The main computer area for the Nevis particle physics groups is room 119; the ATLAS group has a separate Tier3 clus...
How to turn off Java in your web browser This page is obsolete. No modern web browser runs Java applets anymore. As of Oct 2010, Java has become a leading method ...
Nevis UPS Management This page describes how Uninterruptble Power Supplies ("UPS") are monitored at Nevis. There's also a web page on which you can see the curre...
VPN (Virtual Private Network) Please see secure network warnings before using VPN. Why use VPN? By using VPN, you can establish a direct connection to the ...
Videoconferencing tools and tips The library in the Nevis research building (room 115) has various pieces of equipment to use in local and remote videoconferencin...
Nevis Web Setup Guide This is a guide on how to set up your web site at Nevis Labs. Enough information is provided to get you started. Note that in addition to t...
Web proxies While you work inside Nevis, your computers are protected by our firewall. When you use a system outside of Nevis, you can still take advantage of our...
The Whys and Hows of the Wiki Why bother with a Wiki? It looks complicated. A Wiki is a collaborative web environment. You can read more about it in the introd...
Wireless routers Access The Nevis particle physics group maintains several wireless routers throughout the upper portion of the Nevis site. They are all protecte...