BrowserPluginSecurity Overview In the past and the present browser plugins especially Java and Flash were subject to severe software bugs. Those bugs can oft...
Citrix Receiver aka. icaclient We provide the client software to access the Windows Terminal Servers on all LinuxDesktops. The documentation available here it gen...
CernVM FS The distribution of custom software for user groups on the HPC infrastructure is provided using the Cern Virtual Machine File System (CernVM FS). CernV...
Debian mirror at GSI The HPC Department maintains a mirror of the Debian Archive for software deployment on the LinuxFarm. The archives are available for use insi...
Debian Pakete bauen und kompilieren Paketformat Als Linux Distribution muss die Software in Debian neben der ausführbaren Binärform i. A. auch als SourceCode vor...
Debian Paketverwaltung Kurzeinführung Die Debian Paketverwaltung besteht im Kern aus den Werkzeugen dpkg und apt. Eine detaillierte Beschreibung der Fähigkeiten ...
Environment Modules DebPkg:environment modules is a tool to modify your shell environment in a comfortable and modular way. For most shells the module command is ...
Erste Schritte mit einem Linux Rechner der GSI Zahlreiche Informationen zur Verwendung eines Benutzerkontos der GSI finden sich auf der offiziellen GSI Webseite ...
Upgrade to Debian 4.0 (Etch) Some of this information may be obsolete! We are currently upgrading to Debian Etch. Large portions of the BatchFarm are already runn...
GSI Linux filesystems Home file systems For personal data like source code, analysis tools ... * All home file systems are backed up daily * Space is limi...
First steps with Linux at GSI Numerous information about using your account at GSI is available on the official GSI web page: https://www.gsi.de/it service # Log...
Frequently Asked Questions What is the meaning of these "lx" host names anyway? → MachineTypes How can I use the HPC resources to do some calculations? → Clust...
Intel Compiler Suite GSI has licenses for the Intel Compiler Suite. Setup via CVMFS To setup the correct environment for the Intel Compiler Suite the environment...
Desktop PCs with Linux GSI IT offers desktop installations with Debian Linux. * central authentication * Central home directories and other shared FileSyste...
Installed Debian packages This package list for Debian Jessie was generated on 2016 12 09 Package Sections For an explanation of the sections see https://package...
Installed Debian packages This package list for Debian Jessie was generated on 2016 12 09 Package Sections For an explanation of the sections see https://package...
Query and Retrieve old gstore data Data archives on tape written via Gstore can be retrieved via TSM commands, now wrapped in the scripts qgstore.sh and rgstore...
Reorganization and upgrade of www linux http://www linux.gsi.de www linux.gsi.de , the host that serves the WebDocs of the LinuxFarm users is also its last din...
Upgrade to Debian 3.1 (Sarge) The upgrade of the GSI LinuxFarm from Debian 3.0 (Woody) to 3.1 (Sarge) has been completed. Preparations for booting into Sarge Bes...
Software Environment The primary source of software installed on GSI IT's Linux computers are Debian packages. For other software or additional versions we utiliz...
Software in /cvmfs We do no longer maintain a list of software installed in CVMFS. You can access the old list here. The CvmFs Server and Repository organisation ...
Software in /usr/local The central /usr/local/ volume has been discontinued after DebianSqueeze. Please take a look at SoftwareInCvmfs instead. The old volume i...
Software wish list The software wishlist is outdated. The possibilities to request software are described in the SoftWare policy. Main.ChristopherHuhn, Main.Tho...
SSL certificates Many services at GSI are only available via SSL encrypted communication (i.e. https://..., Mailbox access, ...). The server certificates (keys) f...
SubVersion web frontends 3 different SVN web frontends are currently evaluated: Tool Debian package Tested Version Implementation authz Support RSS fe...
Unified Lustre mount point * beamer_UmzugLustre.pdf: Unified Lustre mount point Issue at hand * Lustre mount point names (/hera, /lustre/nyx, /lustre/hebe)...
For the VirgoCluster IT provides multiple container based OS images to choose from. See https://hpc.gsi.de/virgo/platform/software.html#application environment Th...
Linux at GSI Contact * The Linux group announces operational issues on https://gsi.de/it status * Important issues are also communicated via the GSI LIN...
Upgrade to Debian Wheezy The current oldstable Debian version is called Wheezy. The Debian version is 7.x with x == 9 as of September 2015. If you are coming dire...