TWiki's Computing/Documentation webThe Computing/Documentation web of TWiki. TWiki is a Web-Based Collaboration Platform for the Enterprise.https://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/DocumentationCopyright 2025 by contributing authors2022-07-28T09:04:08ZPPDBastionHosthttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/PPDBastionHost2022-07-28T09:04:08ZThe PPD Linux and Windows systems are behind the RAL site firewall so for offsite access you need to either use the RAL VPN or use the PPD SSH Bastion host. Access... (last changed by ChrisBrew)ChrisBrewWebStatisticshttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/WebStatistics2019-06-20T11:06:39ZStatistics for Computing/Documentation Web Month: Topic views: Topic saves: File uploads: Most popular topic views: Top contributors... (last changed by TWikiAdminGroup)TWikiAdminGroupSSHPUTTYhttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/SSHPUTTY2018-11-09T15:29:11ZHow to use SSH keys with PuTTY This article describes how to use PuTTY for passwordless SSH access via public/private key pairs. Open the PuTTYgen utility which... (last changed by ChrisBrew)ChrisBrewNetworkDriveMappinghttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/NetworkDriveMapping2018-07-05T05:54:36ZNetwork Drive Mapping If you think any information on this website needs update or change, please contact PPD IT Helpdesk In PPD there are a number of network drives... (last changed by KevinDunford)KevinDunfordSshWindowsTerminalServerhttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/SshWindowsTerminalServer2018-07-04T17:15:01ZThis page is also available as a Computer Support Document. SSH access to Windows Terminal Server The PPD Windows Terminal Server, hepwints.pp.rl.ac.uk (AKA hepwin... (last changed by TimAdye)TimAdyeExpermentNFSSpacehttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/ExpermentNFSSpace2017-09-22T15:58:24ZGroup and Experiment NFS Storage Areas Under /opt/ppd are a number of NFS mounted areas for share group or experiment software or small amounts of data. Files in these... (last changed by ChrisBrew)ChrisBrewHomeFileSystemhttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/HomeFileSystem2017-09-22T14:59:03ZLinux Home Directories PPD Computing provides a personal home directory for users of the Linux systems whichwill be available from the interactive servers, the cluster... (last changed by ChrisBrew)ChrisBrewVidyoConferenceroomSetuphttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/VidyoConferenceroomSetup2017-09-15T10:13:50ZVidyo The CERN IVR service allows you to easily connect to a Vidyo meeting in any of the RAL (and DL) meeting rooms. This will use the Vidyo to H.323 gateway, so you... (last changed by DavidSankey)DavidSankeyUserInterfaceshttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/UserInterfaces2017-03-17T15:27:21ZUsing the PPD Linux User Interfaces The PPD Linux cluster currently has 9 front end user interfaces, two general, five experiment and two test: Node OS... (last changed by ChrisBrew)ChrisBrewWebHomehttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/WebHome2017-02-08T10:15:09ZWelcome to the 1 web Welcome to the PPD Computing Documentation TWiki This area is currently under construction but we hope to migrate all the current user documentation... (last changed by KevinDunford)KevinDunfordContactPPDITHelpdeskhttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/ContactPPDITHelpdesk2017-02-08T10:05:28ZHow to contact PPD IT Helpdesk? There are two ways to contact us, you can either: send us an e mail: PPDITHELPDESK #64;stfc.ac.uk or call us: x5074 For Scientific... (last changed by KevinDunford)KevinDunfordLinuxFAQhttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/LinuxFAQ2016-11-28T16:43:42ZWhy aren`t my batch jobs starting? The RALPP Batch system uses the Maui scheduler to fairly allocate CPU resources between users, groups and Tier 2 (Grid) and Tier... (last changed by ChrisBrew)ChrisBrewWebServicesEtchttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/WebServicesEtc2016-11-24T11:29:11ZWeb and Other Such Services Hepunx web server The general web server is accessible at: http://hepunx.rl.ac.uk/ User Webs You can have a personal web page on hepunx... (last changed by TimAdye)TimAdyeBatchUsageCondorhttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/BatchUsageCondor2016-07-20T09:31:26ZCondor works differently to many other batch systems so it is advised that you have a look at the Manual. We are currently only supporting the `Vanilla` universe.... (last changed by TimAdye)TimAdyePuTTYhttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/PuTTY2015-11-25T14:06:12ZPuTTY, Exceed, SSH PuTTY PuTTY is in fact a suite of programs (see the help available within PuTTY for details) and these are all available via the command... (last changed by ChrisBrew)ChrisBrewOffSiteAccesshttps://twiki.pp.rl.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Computing/Documentation/OffSiteAccess2015-10-05T09:11:23ZVirtual Private Network: PPTP You can connect to the site network via the PPTP virtual private network. Your computer will then behave mostly as if it was physically... (last changed by FedericoMelaccio)FedericoMelaccio