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Nextcloud User Instructions

nextcloud
backup

Printers

CrashPlan

Alternatives to Popular Software

Tired of paying for expensive software? Try these alternatives.

Network Storage

Other Backup Solutions

HPC Usage

Intro to High Performance Computing

ESRI

All things ESRI related.

Python User Docs

Remote Access

GRIT Menu of Services

Pricing on the services that GRIT offers

Creating A Ticket

How to submit a ticket and what details to include

ERI's Public Wiki

Backing up to Nextcloud WebDav

Nextcloud User Instructions

Printer Setup

Printers

Installation & Setup

CrashPlan

SMB/NFS

Network Storage

rclone

Other Backup Solutions

Printers for Purchase

Printers

These HP's are the current recommendation for replacing large copier style Kyocera's: For color: Super duty: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-laserjet-enterprise-flow-mfp-m528c Medium duty: https://www.amazon.com/HP-LaserJet-4301fdn-printing-Advanced/d...

Staff Procedures/Manuals

ERI's Public Wiki

Configure 2 Factor Authentication

Nextcloud User Instructions

From your Nextcloud Dashboard click on your user icon in the upper-right corner and select Settings from the dropdown. From the menu on the left, click on Security and check the box to Enable TOTP. Enter your Nextcloud password to a...

Configuring an App Password

Nextcloud User Instructions

This is important to set up with 2FA/TOTP enabled as WebDAV access via rclone/rsync does not support 2FA and will fail to authenticate with your regular password. Follow the first step above to get to your Nextcloud User Security Settings From the Se...

Backup to WebDAV using rclone on OSX & Linux

Nextcloud User Instructions Backing up to Nextcloud WebDav

Before proceeding, please ensure that you have had a backup storage pool created under bks-{your username}. If you do not, contact GRIT support to get this setup first. Step 1: Install rclone From the terminal run the following command to install r...

Backup to WebDAV using rclone on Windows

Nextcloud User Instructions Backing up to Nextcloud WebDav

Before proceeding, please ensure that you have had a backup storage pool created under bks-{your username}. If you do not, contact GRIT support to get this setup first. Download the Windows rclone package here (place holder for link) Copy the rclone folder...

Adding a Printer - Windows 10/11

Printers

Click the Windows Start button, then search and select "Control Panel". Click on "View device and printers" under the heading "Hardware and Sound". Click the "Add a printer" button at the top of the window. Click "The printer I want isn't list...

Getting Started

CrashPlan

CrashPlan is available to UCSB researchers (4 desktop/laptop devices per person).  No you can't use one license to cover 4 devices for 4 people, it doesn't provide backups of phones, tablets, etc. While CrashPlan is technically unlimited, there has generally...

Windows

CrashPlan Installation & Setup

Once you have received confirmation that your CrashPlan account has been configured, download the installer here: Windows Installer - 64 bit Run the installer downloaded above Once the install is complete, you will be prompted for your username, and the Cr...

MacOS

CrashPlan Installation & Setup

Once you have received confirmation that your CrashPlan account has been configured, download the installer here: MacOS Installer Run the installer downloaded above Once the install is complete, you will be prompted for your username, and the CrashPlan ser...

Linux

CrashPlan Installation & Setup

Once you have received confirmation that your CrashPlan account has been configured, download the installer here: Linux Installer Extract the .tgz downloaded above Launch your Terminal, and cd to the extraction folder (/Downloads/crashplan-install by defau...

Free alternatives to popular expensive software

Alternatives to Popular Software

Adobe Illustrator Alternative: Inkscape (https://inkscape.org/)Inkscape is a free and open source vector editor using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) as the native format. It’s lightweight, so will run on quite low-powered computers, but it’s surprisingly capa...

Sharing Files with Nextcloud

Nextcloud User Instructions

Click on the Nextcloud Files icon on the top toolbar, then locate the folder or file you wish to share and click on the Share icon which is the little symbol of a person with a + next to them shown below.  The Share menu will open from the right, and y...

Mounting SMB Storage

Network Storage SMB/NFS

Windows 10/11 Open Windows File Explorer Select This PC, then click the Computer Menu Tab Select the Map a network drive drop-down, then Map network drive From the Drive: drop-down, select the drive letter you wish to map this network storage to I...

Crashplan FAQ

CrashPlan

Q. How does Crashplan licensing work? A. Crashplan licensing is $30/user/year paid by Office of Research (no cost to the user, for at least the five years prior to May 2029, per an announcement by OR on May 3 2024).  Each user is entitled to add up to 4 comp...

Backup to WebDAV using rclone on OSX & Linux

Other Backup Solutions rclone

Before proceeding, please ensure that you have had a backup storage pool created under bks-{your username}. If you do not, contact GRIT support to get this setup first. Step 1: Install rclone From the terminal run the following command to install r...

Backup to WebDAV using rclone on Windows

Other Backup Solutions rclone

Before proceeding, please ensure that you have had a backup storage pool created under bks-{your username}. If you do not, contact GRIT support to get this setup first. Download the Windows rclone package here (place holder for link) Copy the rclone folder...

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 article (article under contruction) to get this installed on your system SMB Config From the terminal, launch rclone config to first set up your SMB target: ...

HPC Basics

HPC Usage

Introduction Here are the basics for new users of the High Performance Computing (HPC) offered by GRIT, including the basic tools needed to efficiently access and use the HPC systems and the software they run. The HPC Systems are (their operating system, RAM...

Slurm Usage

HPC Usage

To use the new HPC Cluster The new HPC cluster is available via a GUI to the SLURM interface, which can be found here: https://hpc.grit.ucsb.edu/ Intro SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management) is a widely used open-source job scheduler that we ...

ArcPro Sign-in with Named-User Licensing

ESRI

When you start ArcGIS Pro, you should get a Sign In window Uncheck the "Sign in automatically" checkbox Click on the "Your ArcGIS organization's URL" buttonIn the next window Type UCSB in the text field Put a checkmark in the box for "Remember this U...

Web Services Offered

Domain Options Internal Subdomains Domains available: grit.ucsb.edu, eri.ucsb.edu, geog.ucsb.edu, msi.ucsb.edu, isber.ucsb.edu Example: mycoolproject.grit.ucsb.edu Vanity Domains Internal to UCSB: E.g., oceancolor.ucsb.edu Read the Guidelines No...