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- Quick Links:
- Edu POD Course/Account 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
- Edu POD virtual host: edupod.cns.utexas.edu
- e.g. https://edupod.cns.utexas.edu for the RStudio and JupyterHub server web applications
- About R Studio Server & Troubleshooting common problems: About R and R Studio Server
- BRCF support email: rctf-support@utexas.edu
- Edu POD Course/Account Management interface:
- Important Notes:
- All account EIDs must be entered in lowercase when logging in, either by SSH or to the RStudio/JupyterHub web applications.
- Please let your students know to enter their EIDs using all lowercase letters.
- EDU pod accounts are deactivated a few weeks after each semester ends.
- Please let your students know this so they can ensure any files they want to retain in their Home directories are transferred elsewhere.
- All account EIDs must be entered in lowercase when logging in, either by SSH or to the RStudio/JupyterHub web applications.
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The Admin, Instructors and TAs have sudo access on the Edu POD, and will have access to the Class Management web application (https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu/edu-pod/ accessible only from the UT campus network or with the UT VPN service active). Students will not have access to the Class management application.
In addition to the Admin, Instructors and TAs also have sudo access on the Edu POD, but should use it sparingly; for example, to look into student Home directories which have 700 permissions (user access only).
sudo should not be used for any of the following, as these are functions performed by the BRCF automated deployment system:
- Installing software that requires sudo
- Contact us at rctf-support@utexas.edu to request installation of any software requiring sudo.
- Creating or modifying user accounts or groups
- Changing permissions on top-level directories in Home, Work and Scratch
- Any such changes will be reverted by the deployment system
Class/semester groups
Courses have a class designation (e.g. Bio369i) and a semester (e.g. Fall 2018). POD administration policies revolve around these class and class/semester concepts.
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SSH access from outside the UT campus network requires either the use of UT VPN service, or public key encryption as described at Passwordless Access via SSH.
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Samba access is available from UT campus network addresses or from outside of UT using the UT VPN service.
For Mac users, the Samba URL for mounting EDU pod storage is:
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Maintenance windows will still be scheduled during which time POD resources will not be available. Dates for maintenance are posted in advance on the BRCF Users wiki home page. We generally schedule maintenance one day per month, the day and time designed to interfere with the fewest classes/labs. Instructors may request variances from the posted dates/times, and these will be honored to the extent possible.
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This is a separate account management from the standard BRCF account management UI. Like the standard BRCF web application, the EUD POD course management application is accessible only from the UT campus network or with the UT VPN service active.
See https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu/edu-pod/operational-information/ for usage information.
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