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...
OpenSSL OpenSSL is a cryptography toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocols and related cr...
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 over the GSI LINUX ALL mailing list! All owners of a LinuxAccount are automatically subscr...
Software policy On a Linux system, there's technically no problem to install software in arbitrary location i. e. your HomeDirectory. On the other hand it mig...
Software wish list The software wishlist is outdated. The possibilities to request software are described in the SoftWare policy. Main.ChristopherHuhn, Main.Tho...
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...
Mounting USB devices with pmount Usually USB devices are recognized and mounted automatically. If this does not happen, you may use pmount to mount the device man...
Tips and Tricks for KDE KDE 5 (Plasma) config files While older versions of KDE put all configuration data in ~/.kde, KDE Plasma is using ~/.config for storing ...
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 ...
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...
Erste Schritte mit einem Linux Rechner der GSI Zahlreiche Informationen zur Verwendung eines Benutzerkontos der GSI finden sich auf der offiziellen GSI Webseite ...
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...
Notification service GSI Wiki provides you with a facility to be automatically notified by e mail when topics change in this Linux web. This is a convenient servi...
Central Revision Control System Subversion As a central version control system we are running a subversion server subversion.gsi.de. Repository service policy Re...
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...
Desktop PCs with Linux GSI IT offers desktop installations with Debian Linux. * central authentication * Central home directories and other shared FileSyste...
Introduction Git is a version control system (VCS) similar to Subversion and CVS. The major difference compared to SubVersion (and the like) is its distributed ap...
Browser Test mailto mailto:linux service #64;gsi.de?subject=Test Java plugin Dieser Browser ignoriert den = applet = Tag nicht! Shockwave Flash plugin Object...
How to print with CUPS Starting with Debian Squeeze we migrated to a new printserver https://cups.gsi.de:631 using the Common Unix Print System (CUPS). CUPS offer...
Some useful tips for the XFCE desktop Using Xfce Terminal instead of Konsole Open "Xfce Menu" "Settings" "Preferred Applications", click on tab "Utilities" a...
Configure mailreaders on Linux These instructions are explaining how to access your mailbox on the GSI MS Exchange server. Actually they are not specific to Excha...
Main.CarstenPreuss 12 Apr 2011 SunGridEngine is an OpenSource scheduler which is currently under investigation at GSI to replace LSF. Environment * SGE Curren...
Interactive Lustre Nodes After EOL of Kronos, some interactive machines with access to Lustre are needed. These should not be mixed with submit nodes for the Virg...
Kerberos central authentication infrastructure General Authentication is the process of proving who you are. Kerberos is a specification of an authentication mec...
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...
GSI Wiki.Linux Web Preferences The following settings are web preferences of the GSI Wiki.Linux web. These preferences overwrite the site level preferences in ., ...
Upgrade notes for http://web docs.gsi.de As of 2020 11 11 http://web docs.gsi.de has been migrated to a new hardware and upgraded to a newer operating system rele...
Access Control Lists Die in der GSI Linux Farm verwendeten Dateisysteme unterstützen erweiterte Zugriffsrechte, sogenannte ACLs (Access Control Lists). Auf diese ...
Debian@GSI We are running Debian GNU/Linux, primarily release 8 (Jessie) at the moment. For further information on our road map take a look at the ReleasePlan. Re...
Unified Lustre mount point * beamer_UmzugLustre.pdf: Unified Lustre mount point Issue at hand * Lustre mount point names (/hera, /lustre/nyx, /lustre/hebe)...
Since older versions of Debian Linux are supported for a limited time only, we are forced to update all Linux systems at regular intervals. Debian Releases (→ Deb...
Citrix Receiver aka. icaclient We provide the client software to access the Windows Terminal Servers on all LinuxDesktops. The documentation available here it gen...
GsTore Existing archives 2017 12 13 lxi099:~$ /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show I get list of gStore archive names matching with '' 180 matching archiv...
gstore r3b archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show r3b I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'r3b' 4...
gstore Hades archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show hades I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'hades'...
gstore FOPI archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show fopi I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'fopi' ...
gstore CBM archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show cbm I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'cbm' 2...
gstore Alice archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'alice' 4 matching archives found: /alice2009ba...
Upgrade to DebianJessie A central lxjessie64.gsi.de cluster is available. As of 12/2017 Jessie desktops are the default desktops. DebianStretch desktops are still...
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...
Trailing white spaces when copying text When copying text from a Konsole window it may happen that the lines are as long as your terminal line length due to trail...
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...
Mathematica on Linux For Debian Lenny and older Mathematica is available in version 8. For Debian Squeeze and newer you can find version 8 (Squeeze only), 9 and 1...
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...
Upgrade to Debian Squeeze Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) is the next to current Debian release. As of 2014 PrometheusCluster and all native Lustre clients are running Debia...
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...
PDF documents PDF readers Since Adobe's decision to discontinue the Adobe Reader for Linux you'll have to use another tool for viewing PDF files, e.g. * xpdf ...
GSI Linux accounts Applying for an account Normally Linux accounts are created together with GSI Windows accounts, so if you have a Windows account or a mailbox ...
Customize the settings for the editor vim The editor vim supports a bunch of useful features. You may activate them during a session or set them as your personal ...