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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
- 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
- https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu/edu-pod/
- About the AMDG pod GPU-enabled software environment: AMD GPU servers
- EDU pod virtual host: edupod.cns.utexas.edu
- 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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Because the workflows on the AMDG pod are expected to be significantly different from those on the standard EDU pod, the AMDG pod does not have a virtual host. Instead, users or instructors are expected to gauge the current load on the compute servers (see Monitoring GPU server resources) and select appropriate servers.
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Pod administration policies revolve around these class and class/semester concepts:
- Each class/<semestersemester combination has an associated Unix group (e.g. SDS375_Spring2024)
- and a corresponding Work area directory (e.g. /stor/work/SDS375_Spring2024)
- Each class also has an associated Unix group (e.g. SDS375)
- and a corresponding Work area directory (e.g. /stor/work/SDS375)
- Users associated with a course are assigned to both the class and class/semester Unix groups
- the class/semester Unix group is their primary group
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A properly formatted Class Roster should be in CSV format, with a column named EID or UTEID that lists the student UT EIDs. Other columns may be present but will be ignored and all EIDs will be converted to lowercase.
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Both R Studio Server and JupyterHub web environments have a large number of packages available. Instructors can also request that additional software be installed. Such requests should ideally be made at least two weeks before the start of a course.
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