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Mounting SMB Storage

Network Storage SMB/NFS

Windows 10/11 Open Windows File Explorer Select This PC, then click the Computer Menu Tab Se...

Updated 5 months ago by Matthew Key

Set up Dynamic DNS

Remote Access

Use case: DynamicDNS allows us to allow certain traffic through to GRIT hosted servers where stat...

Updated 6 months ago by Matthew Key

Compute / Processing

GRIT Menu of Services

Virtual Machine (VM) Pricing vm-pricing.grit.ucsb.edu We offer VMs at the following rates: CPU...

Updated 6 months ago by michael bales

Sharing Files with Nextcloud

Nextcloud User Instructions

Note that these images need to be updated as the sharing icons in the latest version of Nextcloud...

Updated 6 months ago by Matthew Key

Data Sharing

Network Storage

Methods to share data/storage with collaborators:  https link (like in a public_html directory...

Updated 6 months ago by Brian Emery

Anaconda

Python User Docs

"Anaconda is the hardware store of data science tools, Miniconda is the workbench (software dis...

Updated 7 months ago by Matthew Key

SSH Key Setup

Remote Access

On a Mac, use Terminal  / On a PC, use PowerShell (run as administrator) or install WSL: https:/...

Updated 8 months ago by Alex Feldwinn

Google Drive Contraction

Network Storage

       

Updated 8 months ago by Alex Feldwinn

Windows

CrashPlan Installation & Setup

Once you have received confirmation that your CrashPlan account has been configured, download the...

Updated 9 months ago by Chris Mundell

Using Rsync

HPC Usage

Basic Rsync Usage rsync is a very powerful and widely used tool for moving data. The manual page...

Updated 10 months ago by Brian Emery

Backup Google Drive to smb via rclone

Other Backup Solutions rclone

Step 1: Setting up the Google Drive remote Run the rclone config command Enter n to create a ...

Updated 11 months ago by Matthew Key

Web Services Offered

Domain Options Internal Subdomains Domains available: grit.ucsb.edu, eri.ucsb.edu, geog.ucsb....

Updated 1 year ago by Lucas Walker

The 'screen' program

HPC Usage

screen can be used when running jobs to allow you to disconnect your computer from a remote termi...

Updated 1 year ago by Brian Emery

Migrating Google Drive with FileZilla

Network Storage

If you have a large dataset in Google Drive you need to download to GRIT hosted storage, and you ...

Updated 1 year ago by Matthew Key

MATLAB Usage

HPC Usage

  Using Matlab via CLI Some options of interest: --nodesktop - skips firing up the desktop a...

Updated 1 year ago by Brian Emery

Additional CrashPlan Support

CrashPlan

Additional CrashPlan support and troubleshooting for CrashPlan Enterprise can be found here

Updated 1 year ago by Matthew Key

Using Deck in Nextcloud

Nextcloud User Instructions

Once you are logged into Nextcloud, hover over the row of icons at the top to reveal the names an...

Updated 1 year ago by Matthew Key

Free alternatives to popular expensive software

Alternatives to Popular Software

Adobe Illustrator Alternative: Inkscape (https://inkscape.org/)Inkscape is a free and open sourc...

Updated 1 year ago by Alex Feldwinn

ArcPro Sign-in with Named-User Licensing

ESRI

When you start ArcGIS Pro, you should get a Sign In window Uncheck the "Sign in automatica...

Updated 1 year ago by Alex Feldwinn

Backing up dropbox to smb with rclone

Other Backup Solutions rclone

This article assumes that you already have rclone installed. If you do not, please refer to this ...

Updated 1 year ago by Matthew Key