Virtual Machines
Ensuring Continuity for Long Linux Processes with Tmux
Introduction Users might experience an issue when working with Linux Virtual Machines (VMs), especially when connecting through SSH using tools like Bastion or PowerShell. The problem arises when the connection to the VM is lost due to closing the ...
CentOS Linux 7 is reaching its end of life
In 2020, The CentOS Project, in coordination with Red Hat, announced that it would shift full investment to CentOS Stream, the upstream development platform for upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases. As a result, CentOS Linux 7 will reach the ...
Install Browser on Linux
Introduction Until now, Linux users have primarily relied on the command line for their browser access. For effortless web browsing on your Linux virtual machine, a single click installation of Firefox is the optimal choice. We have considered ...
Install NVIDIA GPU drivers on N-Series VMs running Linux
NVIDIA GPU Driver for Linux N-Series VMs Requirements Domain Allowlisting: microsoft.com developer.download.nvidia.com archive.ubuntu.com N-series VM running Ubuntu20 or Ubuntu22. GCC C-compiler installed on the Linux VM. After installing the NVIDIA ...
Turn Proxy Off/On on Linux VM
1. Log in to the Linux VM 2. Write command sudo nano /etc/environment press enter and enter your password 3. comment out all the content that you find in there e.g #http_proxy="http://127.0.0.1:8080" 4. Press ctrl + x to exit, save with y and press ...
Starting and stopping VMs
This feature is available to Accountable, Privileged member, Advanced member, Standard member. Although VMs are not physically present on your desk, like a laptop or desktop, they are very similar in use. This means that you also need to start and ...
Deleting VMs
Introduction User may have completed the use of Virtual machine and may not need the VM for later. There might be multiple reasons for this, may be the project is downsizing or may be the deployment of VM failed and user wants to delete it from ...
Linux VMs
On the myDRE platform different types of Linux virtual machines (VMs) are available. CentOS 7.5 (is reaching its end of life) Ubuntu 20 (for GPU usage) Ubuntu 22 By default, Linux VMs have no connection to the outside world, so cannot be directly ...
Generalize a VM
Use this process only if you want to create a template for your own Workspace. If you want to create a template for the whole organisation, please contact your local ST member. Introduction Installing the same software on your VM can be tedious and ...
Spot VMs
Introduction Spot Virtual Machines (VMs) or spot instances can be used to buy unused Azure compute capacity at a great discount compared to the usual set of VMs. Spot VMs are usually used for workloads that can handle interruptions and do not have to ...
Changing VM names
Introduction This feature is available to Workspace Accountables and Privileged Members. The friendly name is cosmetic and for ease of use in mydre.org. The real machine name or machine IP must be used in applications, the friendly name will not ...
Adjusting the auto-shutdown of VMs
Introduction This feature is available to Workspace Accountables and Privileged Members. Please be aware that disabling the auto-shutdown is of your own responsibility. Any unwanted incurred costs because you forgot to turn off the VM is on your own ...
Adding VMs
Introduction This feature is available to Workspace Accountables and Privileged Members. In a Workspace, you will most likely work with one or more Virtual Machines (VMs): either Windows- or Linux-based. When requesting a Workspace, VMs can be added ...
Resize virtual machines
This option is available for workspace Accountable, Priviledged Member and Advanced Member Introduction myDRE features all types of VMs available on the Microsoft Azure cloud, given that the VM type is available in the Microsoft region West Europe ...
Windows VMs
Introduction Read below how you can connect to the VM from different Operating Systems (OS, e.g. Windows, MacOS, Linux). An Azure virtual machine (VM) gives you the flexibility of virtualization without having to buy and maintain the physical ...
Azure Bastion to connect to your VM
Introduction Azure Bastion is a service that enables RDP connection through your browser. myDRE offers Azure Bastion as an optional service, read more here. How you can connect to your VM though Azure Bastion can be found in articles Windows VMs and ...
Virtual Machine Types
This article provides a simplified overview of Virtual Machine types available in Microsoft Azure. For a full overview, please have a look at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/details/virtual-machines/series/. Make sure to select Region: West ...
Managing and monitoring your VM
From within the myDRE web portal, you can find a Manage and monitor VM menu that provides links directly to your VM in the Azure portal and Azure app. Within the Azure portal or app, you can start, stop and reset the VM, as well as analyze its ...
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Activating your new @mydre.org account
Before you can access your DRE workspace(s) at mydre.org, you need to activate your @mydre.org account. Below, we explain the steps in this activation process, along with screenshots for illustration. Prerequisite: your new @mydre.org username, which ...
R and RStudio using External Access rules
This method of downloading R packages is outdated! This article will not be updated any longer. IP addresses are often subject to change. Therefore, the domain allowlisting feature has been introduced and it is self-service for Accountable and ...
Atlas.ti
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Python, Anaconda and JupyterLab
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Proxy configurations Anaconda
First version: 2022-10-31 Latest version: 2023-11-16 Last change(s): Clarification in the introduction; clarifying instructions; added screenshots. This is a community effort. The article was created by the anDREa Support Team in their spare time. If ...