2015 NCSU Computer Science Graduate Student Orientation NCSU and Computer Science Carlos Benavente –

NCSU IT groups - WHO IS WHO?

NCSU IT Groups - Who is Who? CSC IT – Computer Science IT: ITECS – College of Engineering IT: OIT – NCSU Office of Information Technology: VCL – Virtual Computing Lab: For “personal” computing support: –OIT’s West Dunn HelpDesk Walk-in –ITECS Centennial HelpDesk 1002 Engineering Building I; If you don’t the correct group, it may take a few days before someone gets to you

Reporting Issues Read logs and manuals first When submitting Help tickets: –Use your university account –Personal or Departmental-owned computer? –Physical location –Computer Number/TAG –What OS –Error Messages –Things you have tried “My Computer Doesn’t Work” Is not very helpful

The BASICS – Computing Account & File Space/Storage

University Computing Accounts Unity Account or Unity ID –It is a unique ID. Example: cabenave –Unity Password – change it regularly! Address: (example: Student ID # or Campus ID # –The one with leading zeroes.

University File System/Storage AFS: Andrew File System (distributed file system) –2GB –/afs/unity/users/a-z/UnityID/ –/afs/unity/users/a-z/UnityID/www/ (www4 Web tool to setup this) Only HTML supported NCSU-Drive: 5GB SMB, CIFS connection –Google Drive: Unlimited

Engineering/Department File Storage Personal file space (per request basis only) – –2GB –/afs/eos/lockers/people/a-z/UnityID/private –/afs/eos/lockers/people/a-z/UnityID/www – PHP enabled MySQL services if needed Faculty can request more research storage Web & Non- Web

How do I get to AFS? Access to AFS is possible from centrally managed machines (Realm RedHat, Windows AD) available in labs and remote servers Third party clients: –Putty, WinSCP, ExpanDrive, or other FTP client that supports SFTP Protocol. Remote hosts: –remote.eos.ncsu.edu: COE “shared” remote servers not intended to run multiple jobs –ftp.ncsu.edu (SFTP only)ftp.ncsu.edu

The Cloud, Software, Services

Google NC STATE –Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Talk, Sites, –YouTube, Picasa, Maps, Google+. For entire list: 2-Step Verification is supported with Google NC STATE Unlimited Drive storage available in Google NC STATE. To see storage usage:

Software/Services MS Office 365 – free for students, faculty, & staff github.ncsu.edu – available to students and faculty Kaspersky (NCSU) –MatLab Student Version, –WinSCP, ExpanDrive (COE), –CISCO AnyConnect client for vpn (NCSU) remote.eos.ncsu.edu has various compilers and applications such us java, fortran, python, MatLab Velocity – : file transfer service for large fileshttps://velocity.ncsu.edu

Software/Services (continuation) svn.csc.ncsu.edu: Subversion server for CSC faculty & students. Faculty must submit request Microsoft DreamSpark – available to CSC enrolled students: –Download for free: Visual Studio,.NET Framework, Visio, Project, Win OS VMWare Academic Program (VMAP) – available to CSC enrolled students: –Download for free: Fusion, Workstation

Software/Services (continuation) High Performance Computing (HPC): –Cluster resources to support research & instruction –recommended for long running jobs (e.g 100+ cores for up to 48 hours) –Advisor/Faculty creates a project with HPC –Advisor/Faculty grants students access Other CSC Specific Resources: –Faculty-owned servers for research and teaching; –contact your faculty and advisor –Many hosted in CSC server rooms, –Also in VCL

PRINTING

Printing Department does NOT support personal or coursework printing For personal or coursework printing use WolfPrint: Printing on CSC printers: –Contact your faculty or advisor.

COMPUTER LABS

Computer Labs College of Engineering Labs (EOS Labs) – Computer Science “Teaching” Labs –EB2 1221, EB2 2236, Daniels 200, Daniels 201, Daniels 255 Computer Science Public Labs –EB VCL (Virtual Computing Lab)

NETWORKING

Networking Wireless –Register your computer with the NOMAD system to automatically connect. –You must register from the computer and must be connected on the wireless Eduroam (education roaming) –Free & encrypted wireless service –Uses certificate enrollment –Certificate will allow you to securely connect both on NCSU campus and participating institutions worldwide – Wired – CSC registers only university/department owned computers on the wired network.

MAILING LISTS

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WHAT TO DO & NOT TO DO

WHAT TO DO ALL computers on the NCSU network MUST have antivirus: Keep your OS up-to-date with security patches Turn ON your OS local firewall. NCSU network is open and no excuses to stay vulnerable Contact for OS installation on “CSC Department-owned Keep centrally-managed computers ON

WHAT NOT TO DO Do not install software on “department” computers without checking clickwrap approved list DO not run unnecessary services on your RA/TA designated workstation (check with your Faculty) –No Web services –No FTP services –No P2P applications DO NOT store sensitive data (research) on non- approved cloud services. To check what data is considered sensitive and approved cloud services visit: Remember: NCSU monitors network

WHAT NOT TO DO (continuation) Don’t be a Phishing Victim –NCSU will never ask you to provide your password. No dual-boot on departmental desktops No Pornography No Piracy: software, music, videos, movies… We regularly receive reports from MPAA / RIAA. All violators will be reported to Dean of Students. All TAs/RAs will have their Advisors notified. The DGP is made aware of all infractions Violations of usage policies will result in appropriate disciplinary action up to dismissal from the program.

QUESTIONS?