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Main.ctucker 23 Nov 2010 How to Mount Kerberized NFS Shares as a Member of the CSCF Active Directory (THIS PAGE NEEDS UPDATING) Document UNDER DEVELOPMENT and intended...
Note this page is no longer up to date! OBSOLETE How to Authenticate a Solaris 10 System as a Member of the CSCF Active Directory This document outlines how to fully...
Authenticating an Ubuntu machine using the CS Active Directory (THIS PAGE NEEDS UPDATING) Note that when setting up LDAP access for a host which happens to be running...
Note \ These scripts are fine for setting up individual Ubuntu workstations, \ but, because they install ntp packages \ they should not currently (Apr 25,...
Main.ctucker 28 Oct 2005 Active Directory Disaster Recovery (THIS PAGE NEEDS UPDATING) Any Active Directory Disaster Recovery procedure involves re establishing forest...
Kerberos Principals for Unix based Services in Active Directory (OBSOLETE) A service principal is needed whenever you want to provide Single Sign on for users that...
Main.ctucker 28 Oct 2005 Active Directory Password Synchronization with Core and Teaching Regions Complete deliberations concerning the development of password synchronization...
ClaytonTucker 2014 03 03 Domain System State Backups When it comes to backing up the controllers (DCs) in an Active Directory (AD) forest, each DC is a backup of...
Thoughts Concerning The Planning Of A Campus Wide Directory Service (OBSOLETE) By Clayton Tucker Manager of CSCF`s Active Directory Forest, Forest Architect and...
Obsolete Backups for Macintosh using the Legato System or Snapshots or Apple TimeMachine For Faculty and Staff To verify that your Mac is being backed up by Legato...
Bioinformatics machines Last updated: 2008/12/23 Servers hmsbarracouta.cs SuperMicro Primary ZFS/NFS and SAMBA file server hmsbeagle.cs...
Boutaba Networks Lab (Raouf Boutaba) Lab managers Sonia Waharte (spwaharte@cs), Brent Ishibashi (bkishiba@cs) Technology Background Raouf Boutaba`s Networks lab...
CSCF Application Server (Asimov) notes 19 Aug 2020 Updates to new server notes are in progress mostly done Summary Purpose File system for CSCF image...
MikeGore 17 Nov 2009 CS Application Server (ASIMOV) Talk Resources CSApplicationServer Hardware 8 hard drives Fast Core 2 Duo, 4G Ram, dual 1G network...
This is obsolete and should be ignored, trg 2010 2 17 Allow: UWNet All of CSCFNet (rsh,rlogin,nfs) DCCoreNet All of CSCFNet...
CS network ACL summary (THIS PAGE NEEDS UPDATING) work in progress please send comments to trg We`ve requested a summary (with regular ongoing updates and maintenance...
CS SaltStack Working Group Mandate reasonable people trying to reach reasonable conclusions on what setup pieces should managed and how to manage our Large Integrated...
Obsolete We`re to come up with a list of ports we`d like to see kept open inbound on campus gateways. 22/tcp ssh 25/tcp sendmail 80/tcp http...
Casper Suite (Obsolete) As of October 2016, JAMF Software has been renamed jamf and plans to rename Casper Suite to jamf Pro sometime in 2017 when the software reaches...
openssl command The openssl command is available for use by all users. The intended audience for this page is system administrators who can submit requests...
CFI 2004 (Kevin Hare) Cluster setup and configuration Initial Setup Several RTs for pre cluster setup experimentation: 53551 Setup test cluster with stored...
Changing the Mac Short Name (Obsolete) In our world, the short name should match the UWDir entry, for ease in printer quota / access, and easier ssh access to our...
Purpose Example of creating a cluster like cabernet with multiple networks, using a set of virtual machines. Host VMware cluster setup prerequisites Most of...
MikeGore 2015 08 25 common shell scripts used by ClusterTools common functions common functions Common SHELL functions used by image deployment system...
MikeGore 2015 08 27 firewall NAT services What: Provides NAT and firewall services for internal private networks in a cluster Installs as a service in...
Cluster Tools IPMItool See: IpmiTool for general information ipmitool usage and scripts for controlling IPMI enabled devices ipmitool scripts Notes:...
MikeGore 2015 08 27 Custer Tools Files and Scripts Documentation, File and scripts for the installation and operation of a new cluster Some end user tools...
MikeGore 2015 08 27 Common management utilities for end users and admins Other resources ClusterTools Cluster Tools main documentation root ClusterToolsSetup...
Course Account SSH Key Access We use ssh and public keys to provide access to course accounts. This is background information on SSH public keys to authenticate as...
Course Account SSH Keys: CSCF Administration We use ssh and public keys to provide access to course accounts. We have deployed an automated tool to propagate ssh keys...
Create a CUPS printer on cups.cs.uwaterloo.ca This is the step by step process to add a new printer to the cups.cs printing queue. IN this example we are adding...
Creating the Gradpc Workstation Image The gradpc image consists of a sysprep`d Windows XP Pro (plus applications) partition (first partition of the hard drive, a middle...
Rough procedure for mastering an image to be used on the gradpc`s. 1 Ensure system is up to date (apt get update apt get dist upgrade) and that all applications...
DFSc Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2022 01 11 Invitees Attendees Anthony, Dave, Gouxiang, Lori, Nathan, Nick, Lawrence, Omar Review and accept...
2004/08/20 1330 1430h Attendance: MikePatterson, Dave Gawley, Guoxiang Shen, LawrenceFolland, Fraser Gunn, Walter Tautz Regrets: Phil Beldowski, Patrick...
27 January 2005, DC3540 Meeting 1300 1430h (Patrick had to duck out at 1400) Present: Daniel, Fraser, Guoxiang, Patrick, Mike. Agenda 1 What do we have running...
08 March 2005 Agenda: 0 Mirror update (DanielAllen) 0 Printing update (MikePatterson) LinuxPrintingIssues 0 Slow gradpc`s (MikePatterson) 0 Student...
Linux Working Group Meeting Minutes 2008/07/19 Attendance Stephen Nickerson, Walter Tautz, Lawrence Folland, Dave Gawley No shows: Mike Patterson, Mike...
Linux Working Group Agenda Meeting Date Friday February 26th, 2pm in DC 3540 Attendees Dawn Keenan, Lawrence Folland, Guoxiang Shen, Fraser Gunn, Dave...
CSCF Linux Working Group 2020 12 15 Announcements Power outage of MC 3015 server room: https://rt.uwaterloo.ca/Ticket/Display.html?id 1123196 DFSc...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 05 18 Invitees Attendees Dave, Adrian, Anthony, Clayton, Fraser, Lori, Nathan, Nick, Todd Review and...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 06 15 Invitees Attendees Dave, Adrian, Anthony, Clayton, Devon, Fraser, Guoxiang, Lawrence, Lori, Nathan...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 07 27 Invitees Attendees Dave, Adrian, Anthony, Clayton, Lori, Nathan, Todd Review and accept previous...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 11 02 Invitees Attendees Adrian, Anthony (group leader), Clayton, Guoxiang, Lori, Fraser, Devon, Nathan...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 11 18 Invitees Attendees ldpaniak, a2brenna, lfolland, dlgawley, nfish, fhgunn, omnafees, gxshen, tlichty...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 12 01 Invitees Attendees Adrian, Anthony (group leader), Clayton, Guoxiang, Lori, Fraser, Devon, Nathan...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2022 11 16 Invited Anthony (group leader), Clayton, Guoxiang, Lori, Fraser, Devon, Nathan, Nick, Todd, Dave,...
Linux Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2023 03 22 Invited Anthony (group leader), Clayton, Guoxiang, Lori, Fraser, Devon, Nathan, Nick, Todd, Dave,...
SaltStack Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 11 10 Invitees Attendees Dave, Anthony, Lawrence, Lori, Nathan Review and accept previous meeting...
SaltStack Working Group Meeting Date TEAMS: 2021 11 24 Invitees Attendees Dave, Anthony, Lawrence, Lori, Nathan Review and accept previous meeting...
Notes on Particular Versions of the Grad Workstation Image References CloneZilla clonezilla documents An index to this page listed by Motherboard / Laptop...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes (image file name) Image Name: Created by: Creation Date: Created on workstation base: (bar code), (motherboard...
Wishlist for CSCF Grad PC Images General / both environments new cscf adm password for Fall 2010 partition layout we need to decide what it should be...
CSCF Specific notes Note 2008/04/22 (lfolland) Given that the entire CF Twiki is now CSCF specific, this page should be considered deprecated and these topics should...
The Administration of the CUPS PYKOTA server cups.cs This document is primarily addressed to system administrators who have root access but is also valuable for...
Cyclades Configuration Database / Tool: Participants: DanielAllen, Dave Gawley; advice by FraserGunn. Demo at: http://lurch.uwaterloo.ca/cyclades/ As per Dave`s requirements...
Upgrading Cyclades TS2000 from 1.3.4 to 1.4.0 3 (DRAFT) This is a draft document; regular disclaimers apply. Reasons for upgrade ftp://ftp.cyclades.com/pub/cyclades...
Overview Updates to hostname, MAC address, and IP address in the inventory web interface will trigger corresponding updates to our DHCP service. All three elements...
MikeGore DS2 Data Structures Group Server https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/DataStructures Accounts DS2 is part of the CS active directory...
(This page is getting bulky enough that perhaps we should spin off a new set of pages, one per q and a? MikePatterson)or maybe by category (Updates, Display, Printing...
Debian Install Notes (Obsolete) Location of Files: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\sysprep\SYSPRIMG\CSCF DEB Install the split image. root wants to be /dev/hda5...
Denial of Service (This page needs updating) We are continually bombarded with outside attempts to connect to our systems, to break in. It`s mostly `ssh` attempts...
DenyHosts References See Documentation: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ FAQ and Issues Excerpt: What is DenyHosts? DenyHosts is a script intended to be run...
Deploy Studio Imaging and deployment links and notes. (Obsolete) Deployment Planning Template http://www.peachpit.com/content/downloads/peachpit/bookreg/DeploymentPlanningTemplate...
Data and Disk Recovery Services NOTE if you are a company that provides data recovery services listed in this TWIKI page please feel free to send updates information...
Email Aliases System wide aliases are typically stored in /etc/aliases. However, in most xhier managed systems on campus, you cannot simply edit those files. Instead...
THIS PAGE IS NOW OBSOLETE It was too specific to the old Solaris 8 environment running an old version of University of Washington IMAP. Resolving a type of crisis...
Meeting 27 January 2016, 2pm Attended: drallen a2brenna fhgunn ldpaniak. Lori noted the `Update Server Room High Speed Network Interconnects` might be time consuming...
Meeting 3 February 2016, 2pm Attended: drallen, dlgawley a2brenna fhgunn ldpaniak Agenda: Timeline for project Next round of milestones Items to...
Support of the Teaching Computing Environment Here we`ll document maintenance information for the cs teaching `region`; the environment that uses the common student...
High School Equipment Co op Guide This guide is intended to be used, and maintained by the co op student in the Computer Support Assistant position. It will cover...
Expertise Database Table of Contents Project Objective: Purpose The purpose of the project is to investigate, prototype, and deploy a public webpage that facilitates...
HOWTO Upgrade an Extreme switch to 7.2.0b33 with ssh 1 Requirements Extremeware...
The current set of firewall rules will be posted here for perusal and perhaps critique. iptables.rules: You can use this in a Debian machine by modifying your...
Obsolete as of August 2013 Our firewall service has been shut down and replaced with router based ACLs. Firewall quick reference The alleged definitive statement...
Part 2: Configuring the Frontend The first time you log in as root, you`ll be prompted about setting up ssh keys. Press Enter three times to accept the default location...
CSCF Git Repository This page is to document CSCF use of the https://git.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/ group of the git.uwaterloo.ca server, which has an easy to use Gitlab web...
Edited from document from jkeir, sometimes given to students on how to generate passwords. This version is same line count as jkeir`s, and has less (no) regexes....
This is obsolete and should not be used. University of Waterloo Standard PC deployment information sheet Request #...
Grad Student PC deployment This information pertains to desktop systems. For laptops, see GradStudentLaptopDeployment Core Group Phil will image the School...
StephenNickerson 28 Feb 2011 Software on the Ubuntu 8.04 systems abiword common abiword gnome acl acpi acpi support acpid adduser adept adept batch adept common adept...
HP Switches HOW TO: Set the maximum number of VLANS on HP Switch 1. login into switch 2. press 5 to enter into the CLI if at menu 3. config 4. max...
MikeGore 2015 07 20 harlow.cs see https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/harlow Machine Description Ubuntu 14.04.2LTS 64bit 64Gram SSD / and Raid 1 /home...
HealthDoc This is a research group headed up by Chrysanne DiMarco. healthdoc.cs and inkpotinc.ca Server ST`s https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/request...
Help Desk Guide This is here to be used as a basic guide for help desk personnel. More guides can be found on the CSCF website at: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/howto...
Himrod cluster This is a cluster belonging to Ashraf Aboulnaga and Hans DeSterck, purchase in May 2014, running since October 2014 Overview role count cpu...
MikeGore 2015 04 23 Services overview Ubuntu 14.04LTS Linux OS TFTPboot server /tftpboot/pxes root folder SAMBA server /tftpboot...
Icinga Icinga is an open source computer and network monitoring system that originally started as a fork of Nagios in 2009. CSCF is working to migrate from Nagios...
Setting the password Setting the Password Once an account has been created or if someone forgets their password, the password for the account must be (re)set. For...
Sample Replies to Non undergraduate CS TEACHING users Sample Email Replies to Such Users It seems it might be helpful to have templates to address the common situation...
Information About the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) This document is meant to give determine how the AODA affects CSCF`s websites. The AODA...
Infrastructure Services This page includes CSCF developer`s notes, references and links on the School`s IT provided services Accounts/Authentication Management...
Installing smalltalk.cs, 21 June 2004 Solaris 9 04/04 Solaris 8 was already installed told installer to go ahead and partitiona disk. Made a 2048MB swap slice...
Inventory Installation Scope of This Document This guide explains how to make a developer`s working copy of CSCF`s Inventory application. It does not include instructions...
Inventory System Triage Documentation This page is meant to consolidate all of the how to`s related to the Inventory System. Table of Contents Guides to the Completion...
JabberWockie Overview Ubuntu 14.04LTS Supermicro nScale 101 Operon 6000 Series Server Supermicro H8SGL motherboard with AMD AOPeteron 12C 6344 2.6 32G ram 4x Hot...
LISA 2010 Lawrence`s attendee notes `10: November 7...
S nail (S mailx) mailer WORK IN PROGRESS Not ready for others. From apt show s nail . Description: feature rich BSD mail(1) S nail is a mail processing system...
Linux in CS CollectdConfiguration Configuring your system for resource monitoring MetaPackages bundle, deploy and update collections of deb packages across...
Linux Active Directory (obsolete) Here we will document how to setup a Linux machine to authenticate against an Active Directory and then how to solve various problems...
Automated Shutdown Procedure for Linux These are for notes on automating a shutdown in preparation for a power outage or other outages. The general procedure...
Linux Containers Many of CSCF`s servers run using LXC (LinuX Containers) (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC ) Here we document the most useful commands for working...
Legato Client Installation notes (OBSOLETE) See Legato Install Notes for Windows Restoring Files https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/infrastructure/setups...
MikeGore 24 Mar 2020 Linux Remote Desktop Access 8 Sept 2020 Mike Gore Ubuntu 18.04LTS see RT# 1051887 Linux vpn.cs client setup VPN required for remote access...
Linux Test Suite Note (March 2016) some things to add: gui adminimstration of package adding; reboot/shutdown (does it work??); the cscf adm/cscf op accounts do...
Network Security Profiles When considering a site`s security profile, it`s important to determine not just what it does have, but also what it doesn`t have. You...
16 November 2004 Solaris 10 Security Peter Baer Galvin Solaris is evolving, but security is somewhat stable. Tutorial notes were based on build 63 (10 wasn`t...
Local Linux Accounts Adding users with a UW userid When creating accounts on a linux machine, we typically use the `adduser` command (in Ubuntu/Debian distributions...
m160 Bioinformatics Research Cluster This document describes Ming Li`s CCF research cluster m160.cs See: https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/edocs...
FAQ How to restore a known working Ubuntu KDE/Gnome GUI setup. Access Who can use them? Any student with a cs region account can use the teaching Linux systems...
Mac Imaging (Obsolete) On the topic of Imaging Mac imaging is dead. Imaging is a process that has been deprecated and completely abandoned by Apple and the Mac community...
Guides to the Completion of Scheduled Tasks Some tasks must be completed on a regular basis. List the scheduled tasks from least frequently recurring to most frequently...
Obsolete There are a bunch of things that need to be done to make a Mac `lab worthy`. Hers is a list: It is currently in the processes of being revised. Disable...
How to distribute and install more than one boot image on a client A disk can be partitioned into single, dual or triple boot partitions. Single and dual are already...
Setting up a BaseSystem (Obsolete) 1 Initial Account Set up administration Account need IPaddress temporary address or permanent address and port to the internet...
Mac Test Suite (Obsolete) Here we list a series of features that should run under our standard Macintosh installation, or any time we want to test various features...
This page is set to be deleted. If you believe it should be kept, please move it to another parent topic and delete this notification from its markup. Method 2 (Old...
Creating a Mailman Mailing List on IST`s Mailman server Contact IST Contact IST via JIRA https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/group...
MarkUs System Administrator Documentation MarkUs is a ruby on rails based online assignment submission system that allows markers to annotate submitted documents,...
Matlab Installation and Licensing Resources https://wiki.uwaterloo.ca/display/ISTKB/Download or use MATLAB online Licensing options and files There are...
MikeGore 28 Oct 2005 MicroX using SSH tunnelling See also SecureShell for details on SSH Configuration of SSH Client and MicroX Xwin32 SSH Client is UofW...
(This is an old document, dating to 12 April 2005.) Mac Minis as school PCs After using a Mac Mini as a primary workstation for approximately a month, I believe that...
Dan Hergott`s Miscellaneous Notes Free Printable Calendars http://www.printable calendar.com/ CONVERT METRIC CAD drawing from millimeters to inches 0....
Generally available printers For faculty: ljp cs (1,2) DC 2320 lj dc3624 DC 3624 ljp dc3109 DC 3116 aka ljp 7(?) For Grad Students: $40 quota for self service...
Moving Email WARNING Be careful, especially if moving from mail.cs. I tried the command as listed below, and it assumed EVERYTHING in the file system of my home...
MikePatterson 16 Dec 2004 Things we definitely need to do: 1 ensure all disks are in use 1 ensure user data integrity MikePatterson 20 Dec 2004 First, backup...
Failure of the Master Server If you have performed problem diagnosis and believe the Master Server has failed, these instructions will assist with emergency recovery...
Move Some (but not all) Databases from Old MySQL server to New HA Cluster This section assumes: mysql 5.5 the high availability architecture is one master...
MySQL High Availability Preamble This document assumes: You have credentials to access mysql 10 246 .cs.uwaterloo.ca and InfoBlox. The high availability...
Restoring Broken Old Master After Failover Caution: this process is meant to cover most situations output of commands should be reviewed to make sure they make sense...
CS MySQL Database High Availability Testing Notes for System Administrators DRAFT This document is for historical use only, as of 8 April, 2016. Current details...
MikeGore Note cluster is no longer in service RT#1039321 The data for all of novo1,novo2 and novo10 including /u is now located on root@rapid...
Nagios Systems Monitoring and Reporting CSCF uses Nagios to monitor and report on hosts. Our setup is described on this page, including extensions to Nagios to integrate...
MikeGore 14 Feb 2012 Files Location: asimov.uwaterloo.ca:/images/exports/scripts/remote Install: rsync a cscf adm #64;asimov.uwaterloo.ca:/images/exports...
NetApp Filer Active/active configuration An active/active configuration is two storage systems (nodes) whose controllers are connected to each other either directly...
NetTop Usage Overview CS Nettops are basic machines that load their software off the network. This approach has its advantages, as well as several pitfalls. The nettops...
This information is historical the CS departmental firewall no longer exists (trg, 2014 2 28) (OBSOLETE) CSCF firewall information Basic operational information...
Tutorial 11: Creating an LACP link HP Procurve Setup Roadmap to this tutorial: This tutorial outlines the procedure for creating a lacp trunk on a production...
Tutorial 2: Basic access and configuration display Roadmap for this tutorial: In this tutorial, the focus will be on the connectivity issues for attaching a serial...
Tutorial 3: Configuration backup and restore HP switches To backup the configuration file: 1. You will need to backup to a tftp server that is accessible...
Tutorial 5: How to Configure a HP 2650 Switch (OBSOLETE) Roadmap to this tutorial : This document will show you how to configure a HP2650 switch. For this document...
This information is historical the CS departmental firewall no longer exists (trg, 2014 2 28) (OBSOLETE) Tutorial 9: Netscreen firewall procedures Roadmap for...
This is a repository for useful information for programmers who are new to CSCF. Some information may be specific to co op students but a goal is general applicability...
MikeGore 2016 01 04 What is included in the Windows 7 Enterprise part of the image Update 7 Dec 2015 your Point Of Contact for more details Apply the...
MikeGore 2016 01 04 W7U1404 M4A89GTD 750G F15 Audio Lab v1 notes This image is the SAME as the W7U1404 M4A89GTD 640G F15 v3 with the addition of the audiolab...
MikeGore 2014 05 13 Windows 7 Windows 7 Updates done as of 1 May 2014 All ASUS UX32V drivers from ASUS web site have been installed nVidia Drivers...
MikeGore 10 May 2011 WinXP 10 May 2011 Image Notes Notes: The image as the cscf adm and cscf op 2010 userids Join the domain Check drivers Acrobat...
WinXP? Ubuntu10.10 x32 Image Notes Windows XP Notes Note: image has the cscf adm and cscf op 2010 userids Need to join the domain Check for missing...
MikeGore 10 May 2011 Win7vm Ubuntu Spring2011 6 May 2011 Image Notes Windows Notes: The image as the cscf adm and cscf op 2010 userids Note part of a domain...
Notes taken in Isaac`s briefing to Dawn, Lawrence, Daniel, Stephen, and Adrian on 1 December, 2008. 1) Contact info 2) RT Queue items that should be done before he...
MikeGore 2016 10 12 Clonezilla image U16041 VM 250G F16 V2 Update 17 Oct 2016 Location: asimov:/coregroup/images/research/U16041 VM 250G F16 V2 Summary...
MikeGore 2016 10 17 Clonezilla image W10 VM 250G F16 V2 Update 10 Oct 2016 Location: asimov:/coregroup/images/research/W10 VM 250G F16 V2 Summary of W...
MikeGore 2015 12 10 Windows 10 Enterprise and Applications Clonezilla Image W10U1404 M3A78 CM F15 V1 Update 7 Dec 2015 Location: asimov:/coregroup/images...
MikeGore 2017 03 14 Windows 10 Enterprise and Applications Ubuntu 16.04.1 and Applications Clonezilla Image W10U16041 M4A89GTD 640G W17 V1 Update 7 Dec 2015...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes (W81U1404 T440s F14) Image Name: W81U1404 T440s F14 Created by: dmerner Creation Date: August 13, 2014 Created...
MikeGore 10 May 2011 gen14x32.gho Image Notes Notes: The image as the cscf adm and cscf op 2010 userids Join the domain Check drivers Acrobat Pro...
MikeGore 10 May 2011 Win7 x32 Spring Image Notes Notes: The image as the cscf adm and cscf op 2012 userids Need to join the domain Check drivers Acrobat...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2amd001 v1 Image Name: x2amd001 v1 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: June 11th, 2012 Created on workstation...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2amd001 v2 Image Name: x2amd001 v2 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: August 1, 2012 Created on workstation...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2amd002 v2 Image Name: x2amd002 v2 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: September 18th, 2013 Created on workstation...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2amd002 v3 Image Name: x2amd002 v3 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: October 1st, 2013 Created on workstation...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2amd003 Image Name: x2amd003 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: October 9th, 2013 Created on workstation base...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2gen010.gho Image Name: x2gen010.gho Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: August 7, 2009 Imaging software...
x2gen015a.TIB NOTES Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core Created July 2011 Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10, NOT ghost...
x2gen016.TIB NOTES Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core Created Nov 2011 Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10, NOT version 11 and NOT...
x2gen017v1.TIB NOTES Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core (being created) Created March 2012 Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10,...
x2gen017v2.TIB NOTES Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core (being created) Created June 2012 Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10, NOT...
x2gen013i.TIB NOTES Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core Created April 10, 2011 Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10, NOT ghost...
x2gen014a.TIB NOTES Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core Created May 23, 2011 Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10, NOT ghost...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2intel001 v1 Image Name: x2intel001 v1 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: June 11th, 2012 Created on...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2intel001 v2 For Lenovo Laptops Image Name: x2intel001 v2 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: August 1, 2012...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2intel002 v2 Image Name: x2intel002 v2 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: September 18th, 2013 Created on...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2intel003 Image Name: x2intel003 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: Oct13 Created on workstation base:cs...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2intel004 Image Name Created By Creation Date Created on Equipment Tested on Equipment Partitioning...
x2t420s015a.TIB NOTES FOR Lenovo T420 laptops ONLY Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core Created July 2011 Using Acronis Disk Backup and...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2zenbook001 v1 For ASUS Zenbooks only Image Name: x2zenbook001 v1 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: August...
Grad Workstation Image File Notes x2zenbook002 v1 For ASUS Zenbooks only Image Name: x2zenbook002 v1 Created by: pbeldows Creation Date: August...
Odyssey Adapter Programs Introduction There are the following programs: cgigate : CGI that connects a remotely authenticated (or anonymous) user to their own...
Enabling an Apache module in odyssey 3 apache In order to enable Apache modules for our Apache environment, there are additions made on the webserver (such as www...
Odyssey 3 Application Structure This page explains all the pieces required in order to implement an application that uses the Odyssey framework. Project Directory...
Version Control The Subversion read write URL to the OdysseyApplications repository: svn ssh://odyssey@core/u/odyssey/svn/odyssey/ The JavaScript...
Odyssey Web Development Co op Guide These notes provide an introductory guide for Web Developer co op students working on the Odyssey application. They are currently...
Odyssey Documentation Overview This page provides technical information about the Odyssey web application`s online help. Background https://odyssey.uwaterloo.ca...
Odyssey Introduction session (DRAFT) Prerequisites You will need the following: https://docs.python.org/3.6/ Python 3.6 https://pip.pypa.io/en...
Odyssey Java Coding Standards For consistency, all Java code in the Odyssey system should follow the following standards. Version Control Subversion is used for version...
Odyssey Local App: Local File Access Introduction This is a web interface to the user`s files. Implementation is in Java classes uw.unix.FileBrowser . The main...
Odyssey Wire Protocols: JVM Request This page describes the format of a JVM request. These arrive at the JVM on standard input, which is redirected from the .fifo...
Odyssey Wire Protocols This page documents the `wire` protocols used by the Odyssey system, i.e. the exact formats of the byte sequences sent through various communications...
The (partial) text of a uw.mfcf.gripe posting I just made. I post it here because I talk about Thunderbird and putty, but the concept applies well to any OS capable...
Weekly Meeting: New day: Wednesday, 3pm 4:30. This time, developers only: Marlon, Vu, Ray, Tamir, Dawn, Daniel. (Jack hasn`t started yet). Subversion Discussion...
OFIS Notes from 27 January, 2010 Past Tasks Daniel: not much. worked on ssh data transferring, still in dev. Today: beth: CFI grant reporting requirement...
OFIS Notes from 6 April, 2011 Today Anthony is sick today, so no demo. Vu: everything is working in dev2, including delegation. working on new headers. Daniel: hg...
OFIS Notes from 12 Jun 2009 Daniel reported back on Professional Registrations in CS/Math. (see below). We might just rename the sections to `Professional Deignation...
OFIS Notes from 17 February, 2010 Past Tasks Daniel: worked on ssh data transferring, still in dev. Will generate `real` profiles, but I want preview to work...
OFIS Notes from 27 January, 2010 Past Tasks Daniel: not much. worked on ssh data transferring, still in dev. Today: discussion of errors reported by profs...
Equipment Inventory Database See InventoryUserDocs The following information is obsoleted by the revised Inventory web interface and is preserved for historical purposes...
MikeGore 15 Nov 2011 Old Documents for reference Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Packages apt get install openssh server sshfs thunderbird openoffice.org texlive latex...
Dell OpenManage SNMP Configuration This page includes notes and references for setting up a Dell PowerEdge server to be monitored by CSCF`s nagios system via OpenManage...
OwnCloud Server Administration OwnCloud Set up: OwnCloud Usage: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/OwnCloudUsage link OwnCloud Server Info Information on our...
PHP Setup PHP Setup Instructions From InventoryInstallation Installing LAMP LAMP stands for `Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP`. It is a bottom to top suite of technologies...
MikeGore 20 Mar 2012 Bootable USB KEY with all of ASIMOV`s PXE boot functions Location: /images/rawiso/linux utils/RIP File: mkusb acronis Also...
Package Docs: Odyssey 2 Data The data directory of the odyssey 2 package contains the following items: admin : See `Miscellaneous Shared Data` below....
Acquiring and creating accounts on `pilatus` Background pilatus is an SGI Altix 3800. It was originally acquired under the CFI New Opportunities program in...
MikePatterson 21 Jan 2005: We want to upgrade to ALE3. So, pwr d and then pwr u (at console) and quickly jam the boot CD in. Then wait and wait and wait anyway. Eventually...
Initial Planning Monday 19 December 2005 First thing to do: look at the upgrade to ALE 3 and see how that went. It looks like I took things like backups for...
Flash the PROMs. Reading the migration guide, they say to see what configs changed. pilatus:~ # rpm V a grep `\b c` S.5....T c /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm cfg...
Planning and Directions in CSCF For an alternate view, see: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/about/plans/ This page will attempt to provide an overview of our services...
PLG`s LDAP Adding users MUST be root in the core for the following steps! Step 1: Find out the UID and GID of newuserid in the CS core: make sure you...
Problems Fixes for x2amd001 v2 image This page is under construction (Information presented here is not necessarily correct) SSH Client license file missing...
MikeGore 2016 01 04 Immediately Post Imaging IMPORTANT MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF ACHI IN THE BIOS Windows Do NOT restart the computer except where noted...
MikeGore 2015 10 22 Immediately Post Imaging IMPORTANT MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF ACHI IN THE BIOS Windows Do NOT restart the computer except where noted...
MikeGore 2016 01 04 Immediately Post Imaging IMPORTANT MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF ACHI IN THE BIOS Windows Do NOT restart the computer except where noted...
MikeGore 2015 10 22 Immediately Post Imaging IMPORTANT MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF ACHI IN THE BIOS Windows Do NOT restart the computer except where noted...
MikeGore 16 May 2011 WinXP Ubuntu1010 x32 Image Windows XP (32 Bit) Post Install Steps Change hostname from rsg pcxxx Join cs.uwaterloo.ca domain...
win7vm Ubuntu Spring2011 Post Install Steps Ubuntu Customizations Steps SSH Keys 1) Change host name by updating /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts Regenerate...
MikeGore 2016 01 04 Immediately Post Imaging IMPORTANT MAKE SURE YOU TURN OFF ACHI IN THE BIOS Windows Do NOT restart the computer except where noted...
MikeGore 2017 03 14 Immediately Post Imaging Windows Perform Initial Setup change hostname Control panel System Advanced system settings (on...
Immediately Post Imaging Make sure to turn off SecureBoot and change CSM support to LegacyROM only! Windows Perform Initial Setup change hostname...
MikeGore 2017 08 11 Post Install notes on Fall 2017 Intel NUC Skull Cayon Updated 11 Aug 2017 Power ON This system when power on will go into Windows...
Post image steps for w81u1404 sabertooth f15 v1 Initial steps / Ubuntu Initial boot: 1) Get to Ubuntu: Method A) System boots to non grub chooser. Escape to...
Post Install Steps for x2amd001 v2 image (Lawrence) Checked October 2012 seems to be accurate. Immediately Post Imaging Windows IMPORTANT NOTE: Do NOT restart...
Post Install Steps for x2amd002 v1 image This is for the Fall 2013 PC Workstations (dual boot Windows 7/Ubuntu 12.04) Phil says these are the extra or changed steps...
x2gen013i.TIB POST INSTALL Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core Created April 10, 2011 Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10, NOT ghost...
Post Install Steps for x2intel002 v1 image Note: this is for the Fall 2013 Lenovo laptops Phil says these are the extra or changed steps: new Win7 activation...
(From an email to Ashif) cleaning up plg2`s xh maintenance output Unless otherwise marked, packages are only on sun560. So, there are about 25 xhier packages installed...
Print Quota Here we can gather notes on managing print quotas within CS This is being edited by Bill and Wendy (and Lawrence (and Adrian)). However, we`re finding...
Printing in PLG See Also: ManageUsersPrintersOnPykota RTs: https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/internal/request/UpdateRequest?61344 61344 https://www.cs.uwaterloo...
MikePatterson 15 Dec 2004 First, back up /fsys1/.software. cd /fsys1 tar zcf quadrasoftware.tgz .software/ mv quadrasoftware.tgz /u/mpatterson (note that /u was still...
Title RAPID1 and RAPID2 Article text. Hardware Dell PowerEdge R740xd CPU 1 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50GHz CPU 2 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold...
Notes/Questions for Fraser Emergency network service if DHCP fails Is this something that we would be able to put under Common Errors and Troubleshooting? use...
Main.ctucker 04 Nov 2005 Procedure for Recovering a Domain Controller in the CSCF Active Directory from Backup Location of Backup Files As outlined in the Disastor...
MikeGore 2017 03 29 Linux Remote Desktop See LinuxRemoteDesktop Macintosh Remote Desktop See https://support.apple.com/en ca/guide/mac help/mh11851/mac...
MikeGore 01 Jun 2005 Accessing RDP, and other services, through the Campus Wireless network FAQ Remote Desktop information see RemoteDesktop VPN Accessing...
Replacement of Setpw and Custom Login with Vendor software using Kerberos and LDAP Project Overview The goal of this project is to eliminate our dependence on a custom...
Research Subscriptions Developer Documentation Software Location On the old Ubuntu 12.04 webserver, the code is installed on www152.cs in /software/odyssey 3 apache...
CVS EladLahav 25 Nov 2005 Preamble CVS is an easy to use, yet powerful and effective version control system. It is based on a client server architecture that stores...
RESEARCH SUBSCRIPTIONS DEVELOPMENT SETTING UP DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW This section is made to guide new developers through the process of setting up a development...
Riemann Cluster Notes General The Riemann cluster obtained in late 2009 is an SGI XE340 cluster consisting of nine chassis with two separate machines per chassis...
SCG Hardware Scale 5027R 2U Xeon Dual Socket Server, 128G ram, 4 x 2T drives OS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS AMD ALT 64bit Hardware nScale 5027R 2U Xeon...
SCS Email Plans 2021 We have been discussing for some time now the elimination of CS Mail services. What exactly that will look like and how we will replace some...
How to Set Up a Virtual Host on cs.uwaterloo.ca Web Server Add nsbuild alias: https://nsbuild.uwaterloo.ca/ui/ DNS search for haproxy.cs.uwaterloo.ca and add...
Cookbook method for fixing ssh host based authentication Problem: rsh hostname doesn`t require a password. I want ssh hostname to work the same way, for lots...
Setting up Markus for a course Markus is accessed via https://markus.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca Markus auto marking backend ~isg/bin on linux.student.cs is a collection...
SSH Host Based Authentication from www.student.cs to linux.student.cs hosts See ST#92542 Slowness See ST#96348 OmNafees 2014 10 08
.classlist differencing root@linux.student.cs:~/isg/grades/README contains info on some scripts that are run regularly to publish changes to .classlist files...
Graphic Lab in MC3007 The lab in MC3007 is used primarily to support the needs of CS488. It consists of workstations with high end graphics cards that are used for...
Roughly ordered Steps to setup a system: Install an LTS Ubuntu using a standard ISO and then update the Apt Repository Sources using instructions at https://cs...
SaltStack within CSCF Policies Please read `in 10 minutes` (linked in External Documentation) and all of this article before doing anything on a Salt master...
SaltTemperatureLoggingAndShutdown For more information about SALT https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/SaltStackCSCF Determine if the target system is a SALT minion...
Deploying a Windows Laptop Fall 2021 from CSCF RSG Salt master Inventory update Get a laptop for deployment from DC2561 Update CSCF inventory and include...
Printing to ljp cs (DC2320) via smb printers.cs.uwaterloo.ca with csgradpc`s (deprecated) DO NOT USE Note: This method uses non domain credentials for establishing...
PLG have wanted sarge for some time now. Intent: we want to make the procedure for re installing a PLG machine to be as similar to the usual gradpc way as possible...
School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo Standard PC Deployment Information Request # Date Installed/Delivered: Computer name IP: 129....
Security in CS (This page needs updating) Jump off page for security related stuff. LabSchedule listing of possible rooms Opening and Closing SecurityAlerts...
Handling Security Alerts (THIS PAGE NEEDS UPDATING) We regularly receive alerts from Security Operations Centre or notice unusual high bandwidth activity. Here we...
MikeGore 05 Oct 2005 V40Z Service Processor Setup References Installation Guide Server Management Guide Diagnostic Guide ServersSP and BIOS Update...
Setting up a GradPC using the CS GENERAL Active Directory (This page is Obsolete Do not Migrate) Background This page documents the setup of a standard grad PC...
DanielAllen Monday 26 Sep 2005 Step by Step Setting Up New Ubuntu Arch Masters (64/32 bit) This document assumes familiarity with xhiering process; might want to...
We started out with awk.cs. 1 Partitioning scheme (some machines may vary!): hda3 / ext3 5gb hda4 /fsys1 ext3 3gb mount but do not format...
Setting up PLG Lab PCs with Ubuntu The following assumes that the PC being setup is called `scspc187.cs` Prepatory steps We started out with awk.cs and then proceeded...
Dave Gawley wanted me to help him set up watcher202.cscf as a FreeBSD system. So here`s what I did. watcher202 is a Sun Fire V60z server with a pair of Xeon...
Sharing (Critical) Information There are several things in common in the approaches taken for critical situations and ongoing work; both of which can affect our clients...
SLURM installation on Ubuntu Preparing for SLURM installation Munge and SLURM user creations You want to ensure that you have the Munge and Slurm users created on...
Automated Shutdown Procedure for Solaris/Irix This is for notes on automating a shutdown in preparation for a power outage or other outages. The general...
Staff Absences Staff Send E mail to `cscf away@cs` Staff who will not be coming in are requested to send email to cscf away@cs to let management know that they will...
Sun Validation Test Suite Readme This is the Readme file from the CD for x86 hardware (V2.4.0.2) Known Issues: 1. SP tests (fan, voltage, temp, flash, op panel, and...
Supporting Information for the AODA Analysis This page is intended to give more specific details about our findings related to the AODA. Information may be added here...
MikeGore 2018 12 03 tml.cs, tml2.cs and tml3 hardware build notes and software configuration Contacts These machines are owned by Yaoliang Yu Managed...
Term Goals Fall 2015 for Research Support and Special Projects General environment File storage Meet with Dave and Anthony to review plans for Distributed File...
Thunderbird with Subdirectories under IMAP NOTE Thunderbird 3 and the current version of imap services at Waterloo do not have these issues any more uw imap limitations...
Troubleshooting Lab Macs (Obsolete) General Publications http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/student/maclabs2006 Recovery of files: BackupMacs Caution Do NOT login...
MikePatterson 16 Dec 2004 Like QuadraSargeUpgrade, but tumbo has two disks. So we`ll RAID them together if we can nope, we can`t. We`ll also back up ssh keys first...
TwoFactor Authentication Service (Needs Updating) Purpose The Two Factor Authentication service is a secure authentication service intended for computing support...
Setting up a Linux host for Using LDAP Accounts and TwoFactor Authentication These instructions assume you are using Ubuntu 7.04, so YMMV. First, install some packages...
HOWTO: Run UML with VLANs When testing different VLANs, it is common to have multiple computers on a VLAN with similar or same configurations. Other times, there is...
CSCF Linux Configuration Management Purpose The purpose of this project is to deploy a functioning BCfg2 server and associated infrastructure elements in order to...
Project to resolve the bind/unbind problem with our MacOSX labs Master ST item 84510 Meetings 2012 11 30 Edward, Stephen, Trevor query/interrogate client...
User Support Triage Documentation From CFPrivate.USG20120126 : Technical system coverage: we should all self identify the systems on which we are the primary...
Ubuntu First Impressions These are notes based on Image 0.99 (May 12/2006). This is a list of tasks Lawrence needed to do early on. Maybe we can get some of these...
Rough procedure for mastering an image to be used on the school pc`s. 1 Ensure system is up to date (apt get update apt get dist upgrade) and that all applications...
Ubuntu How To Questions and answers about how to accomplish various tasks in the CSCF standard Ubuntu image. See Also: DebianHowTo General environment Q: How do...
Ubuntu Image Creation (THIS PAGE NEEDS UPDATING) This TWIKI is current the standard for Research and GradPC images Note: The following two alternate documents are...
UBUNTU Install Notes (This page is Obsolete Do Not Migrate) Image file location See also: CscfStWrkLinuxImageUpdates Linux images Location of Files...
Dave`s 2005 notes on Ubuntu Install Steps (prep for xhiering). These instructions have been tested with 64 bit install; with noted change(s) should work for 32 bit...
RonaldoGarcia 19 Jan 2011 Ubuntu Ldap Setup REF: https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/ADAddUbuntu#Introduction Install: ldap utils, krb5 user, libnss ldap,...
RonaldoGarcia 19 Jan 2011 Ubuntu LDAP Scripts ubuntu scripts Location: //asimov:/coregroup1/images/ubuntu scripts Updated: 13 May 2011 Install:...
Ubuntu Post install Steps Version information These notes are being updated for Ubuntu 8.04 (as of Fall 2008) Automatic Security Updates https://help.ubuntu...
MikeGore 20 Mar 2012 ubuntu scripts Location \\ASIMOV\images\ubuntu scripts asimov:/coregroup1/images/ubuntu scripts FILES in this TWIKI are...
Xhier and Ubuntu Linux How well does xhier work with Ubuntu Linux? I took a machine, williams.cscf , running Warty Warthog and xhiered it from debian31.cscf . The...
Howto for Installing Xhier onto ubuntu Supplement for Ray`s solaris specific install howto. (http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/mfcf/internal/procedures/OS/Solaris/xhier...
Notes from upgrading curupira, 26 April 2004 Start time 0955 Ran xh os upgrade b in ~mpatters/upgrade curupira 21# cp /tmp/xos 1403811/pkgs.sort.ed . curupira...
MikeGore 12 Oct 2005 Mike Gore, 20 Nov 2003 What How to set up User Mode Linux images (UML) as well as UML networking to the real world. References Full information...
The CSCF User Support Group Meetings User Support Group Meeting Notes (in CFPrivate) Operations Resources for PoCs which should aid them in managing software...
See also BuildingABridgePC. I built a PC that can be used as a transparent bridge. It runs FreeBSD. The password may be found in the password box. Theory of operation...
MikeGore VMware Workstation setup Downloads Workstation Downloads look for `Get Free Trial` you will be prompted to enter the license key in the...
Virtual Host Configuration Apache Configuration Each virtual host is configured in a separate config file which is included into the main httpd.conf . Here is an...
Installation and Configuration of Virtual Machines Introduction Wikipedia (virtual machines) states that a virtual machine is a software implementation of a machine...
Location DC2303E Lab Location: DC2303E Just inside CGL LAB first door on left People Yuri Boykov https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~yboykov/ Olga Veksler...
Visitor Accounts The below is out of date for the easiest provisioning of wireless only accounts. Please see: Help Desk Guide: Network Access for Visitors We have...
Windows Vista Setup and Applications (obsolete) System Default Browser and Email applications Notes MicroSoft has yet again changed the way you access default...
VMWARE VMWare licenses Computer Science maintains a license key for Research and Teaching purposes. See VMwareLicense for details VMWare is pre installed on...
Watform Research Group RG Point of Contact: Nancy Day Watform Group Main Page https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/Main/WatFormGroup This page contains: office...
Web Application Organization Here we describe the application organization being developed for the OGSAS system. The part described here, however, is meant to apply...
CF Home for CSCF technical notes Welcome to the home of TWiki.CF . This is a web based collaboration area for CSCF. Anything that belonged in http://www.math...
Statistics for CF Web Month: Topic views: Topic saves: File uploads: Most popular topic views: Top contributors for topic save and...
Windows This page is to document issues relating to the administration of Windows machines in Math and CS Installation notes for CSCF WindowsInCS CSCF Windows...
Using Windows in the School of Computer Science, at the University of Waterloo. InitialWindowsInstall installation notes Windows10Specific Notes specific...
Installing Windows on a new laptop For IBM Thinkpad Laptops see the IBM SoftwareInstaller Note: these instructions were written while installing an IBM Thinkpad...
Windows Test Suite Here we list a series of features that should run under our standard Windows installation, or any time we want to test various features of hardware...
Deficiencies (Obsolete) many modules have dependency issues at boot time why? Things seem to work anyway. Switching to 2.6 kernel seems to fix this, see IssuesWithKernel...
Make Dovecot Work for You Installing dovecot on your personal ubuntu machine arpepper@cscfpc20:~$ sudo apt get install dovecot imapd Checking the version of dovecot...
This page is being proposed for deletion because it is extremely outdated. Content talks about companies that haven`t existed for years. If you believe it should be...
Xhier How To document Getting Started Documents man xhier will lead you to other useful manpages about generalities man xhier package structure man...
Herewith are my notes on my attempts to port xhier to FreeBSD. 26 August 2004 Start with a vmware machine to test things on. Set it up on williams.cscf and...
MikeGore 02 Feb 2012 Xming X Window Server for Windows Notes Xming has replaced Micro X on all our Windows platforms Although Xming is Free people who...
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