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The operations and management of these pods differ somewhat from standard BRCF pods. This page, intended for instructors and their TAs, describes the operational policies and procedures for the EDU and AMDG pods. See also this recording of our September 2024 Educational pods onboarding session.

• Quick Links:
  • EDU pod virtual host: edupod.cns.utexas.edu
    • e.g. https://edupod.cns.utexas.edu for the RStudio and JupyterHub server web applications
    • the AMDG pod does not have a virtual host name
  • Understanding and troubleshooting the R Studio Server and JupyterHub web applications
    • About R and R Studio Server
      
    • About Python and JupyterHub server
  • BRCF support email: rctf-support@utexas.edu
  • EDU pod Course Management interface: 
    • https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu/edu-pod/ 
      • accessible only from the UT campus network or with the UT VPN service active
    • AMDG pod course management is performed by BRCF staff
  • About the AMDG pod GPU-enabled software environment: AMD GPU servers
• Important Notes:
  • Each pod has common Home, Work and Scratch storage areas.
  • Account EIDs must be entered in lowercase when logging in, either by SSH or to the RStudio Server/JupyterHub web applications.
    • Please let your students know to enter their EIDs using all lowercase letters.
  • EDU and AMDG pod course accounts are deactivated a few weeks after each semester ends (see Data/account retention)
    
    • Please let your students know this so they can ensure any files they want to retain in their Home directories are transferred elsewhere.

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