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  • Introduction to Databases

    There are two main families of databases: Relational and NoSQL. Relational databases store information in an orderly, column, row, and table schema. They “relate” the tables together to present different views of the data. NoSQL databases are much less structured. This means they can store different data alongside each other – which makes things both easier to store but harder to query across. There are additional types of databases, such as ledger, time-series and others. Those are beyond the scope of this introduction. Relational Databases (RDBMS) Most users have at least heard of relational databases such as:
  • Drive Mapping on Windows or Mac OSX

    Research Standard and Research Project storage can be mapped to your Windows or Mac computer as a remote drive. If you are off Grounds you must be running a VPN, such as the UVA Anywhere or the More Secure VPN from ITS. We recommend the More Secure VPN if that is available to you.
    Windows Open a File Explorer page. In the left column, right click on This PC. In the drop-down box that appears, look for the Map Network Drive option. If you do not see this option, click on Show more Options, and then click on Map network drive….

  • How To Guides for Rivanna Users

    Guides Building compiled code Using make Building and running MPI Code Bioinformatics on Rivanna Clear OOD Session Files Convert Jupyter Notebook to PDF Convert Jupyter Notebook to Python Script Custom Jupyter kernels Loading Modules in Jupyter Docker images on Rivanna Adding packages to a container Migrate Python packages Launch RStudio Server from an Apptainer container More Documentation Connecting Using SSH Using a browser Using FastX Jobs / Slurm / Queues Slurm Overview Queues Storage and File Transfer Storage overview Data transfer methods Allocations Allocations Overview
  • Transfer Files Using Amazon S3

    Setup You will need to install and configure the awscli package in order to access objects in S3.
    Install the AWS CLI The AWS CLI is available through the pip/pip3 installer:
    If you have administrator privileges type
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    pip install –user awscli $('#copybtn685472139').click(function(){ var $temp = $(""); $(“body”).append($temp); $temp.val($('#685472139').text()).select(); document.execCommand(“copy”); $temp.remove(); var $this = $(this); $(this).fadeOut(200); $(this).delay(2000); $(this).fadeIn(200); }); The project is open source, so you can also download the source at https://github.

  • How To Tips for Storage

    Map your Research Standard or Research Project Storage to your Desktop Use Globus from the Command Line Work with files in Amazon S3
  • SSH Keys

    Users can authenticate their SSH sessions using either a password or an ssh key. The instructions below describe how to create a key and use it for password-less authentication to your Linux instances.
    About SSH Keys SSH keys are a pair of encrypted files that are meant to go together. One half of the pair is called the “private” key, and the other half is the “public” key. When users use the private key to connect to a server that is configured with the public key, the match can be verified and the user is signed in. Or, put it more simply, when data is encrypted using one half of the key, it can be decrypted using the other half.

  • Globus Command-Line Interface

    Install the Globus CLI The Globus CLI is available through the pip installer:
    If you have administrator privileges type
    pip install globus-cli Otherwise use
    pip install –user globus-cli The project is open source, so you can also download the source at https://github.com/globus/globus-cli
    If you would like to use the CLI from Rivanna, please follow these directions below.
    Authenticate using the Globus CLI Log in against your institutional authentication provider. In the case of UVA, we use NetBadge for signing in:
    globus login This will open a page in your web browser where you select your institution and proceed to login:

  • How To Guides for Ivy Users

    Transfer Files to or from Ivy Using Globus
  • How To

    General General tips and tricks for computational research.
    General HowTos › Rivanna High Performance Computing platform
    Rivanna HowTos › Ivy Secure Data Computing Platform
    Ivy HowTos › Storage Research Data Storage & Transfer
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