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Welcome to the NCMM Scientific Computing IT web pages.

NCMM Scientific Computing IT

• Ssh_at_ncmm: On ssh at UiO and NCMM
• NCMM CryoEM Computing platform: Details about the CryoEM data processing setup of the Luecke && Sekulic groups
• biotin{2,3}.hpc.uio.no and associated VM machines: general use departmental and Bioinformatics applications servers.
• biotin4.hpc.uio.no: General usage departmental and Bioinformatics applications server.
• frigg.uio.no: Server acting as an anonymous FTP server and secure file upload service (replaced biotin.uio.no in January 2021).
• prometheus.uio.no  : prometheus.uio.no is the front-end node for the NCMM cryoSPARC platform. cryoSPARC is a platform used for obtaining 3D structural information from single-particle cryoEM data. You can see our installation in action at http://prometheus.uio.no:3900

Information for New Users

The following items are readily available on the laptops provisioned by IT @ NCMM:

• Email
• Wi-Fi
• Printing

You can set these up by just entering your username and password.

When you set up the Eduroam Wi-Fi, the username should include @uio.no. Eduroam on your smart phone can be setup with the aid of the app geteduroam.

You can print to NCMM printers from your computer or smart phone. On your smart phone, please use EveryonePrint (or SAFEQ Cloud) to print to an NCMM printer. To access an NCMM printer, use your Forksningsparken / NCMM access card. You can also use [mobilprint.uio.no https://mobilprint.uio.no] for printing. You can also manage your printing queues at utskrift.uio.no.

General services

• Use passord.uio.no when you have issues with your password, or to change your password.
• Connect to view.uio.no via VMWare Horizon or browser for access to some UiO virtual machines.
• utskrift.uio.no for printing management.
• mobilprint.uio.no for mobile printing management.
• mail.uio.no for e-mail via webrowser.

Group shares

These are shared directories setup on the servers Pythagoras or Biotin4.

Computational resources

Biotin4 and Fox on Educloud.

Ordering IT Equipment

[Will be updated soon].MT

Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines IT services

General Desktop Computing

• Network Description
• Supported Operating Systems
  • Windows Support: Windows 10. Windows 11 is currently being gradually introduced as well.
  • Linux Support: The following GNU/Linux distributions and derivatives are supported: Fedora (versions 37 and 38), RHEL (versions 8 and 9).
  • MacOS Support: versions 10.15 and up.
• Telephony Support

Supported hardware and supported hardware vendors

In an effort to provide the best available service to NCMM users and researchers, we use Dell desktops and laptops, for running Windows and Linux. This allows us to have up to a "next day repair" service of level if your hardware breaks down.

• Desktops

• Laptops

Contact Info

• Harold Gutch - Telephone: 228 45655
• Melaku Tadesse - Telephone: 228 40537
• Pavel Zarva - Telephone: 228 40544
• Torfinn Nome - Telephone: 228 40535

Printing

• List of internal printers
• List of UiO printers

Linux

• Setting up a UiO printer on an non-UiO Linux installation

Windows

• Printing to an internal printer in Windows 10

Installing Linux from UiO on Dell Laptops

The BIOS must be configured in a specific way to PXE boot Linux from UiO.

Accessing file shares from remote

When accessing file shares via CIFS/SMB from outside of NCMM, we recommend tunneling the connection through SSH. For example, for biotin2:

• ssh -L 10139:localhost:139 USERNAME@biotin2.hpc.uio.no
• connect to smb://localhost:10139 (for example, in macOS via "Connect to Server"), enter your login and password and select the correct network share

Instead of port 10139 you can use any other port in the range of 1024-65535.

Userful Linux commands

Local home directory

To set a custom home directory for a user, when you add a user, use the following command:

sss_override user-add USERNAME --home=/PATH/TO/HOME