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Newcomer

first things to do...

  • Create an account (Login for Linux, Windows, compute clusters and all services)
  • Create an email

User Management

Administration of accounts and resources for employees and guests

Name Building Room Phone Mail
Dorothea Henkel 04.8 139d 6652 d.henkel@fz-juelich.de
Markus Consoir' 04.8 112 4238 m.consoir@fz-juelich.de

IT-Representatives

For getting computer or software please ask your IT-representative

OE Name Building Room Phone Mail
PGI-{1,2} / IAS-{1,2} / ICS-2 Josef Heinen 04.8 140b 3912 j.heinen@fz-juelich.de
PGI-4 / JCNS-2 Michael Hölzle 04.8 120 9521 m.hoelzle@fz-juelich.de
PGI-5 / ER-C Werner Pieper 05.3 3083 6700 w.pieper@fz-juelich.de
PGI-6 Norbert Schnitzler 04.8 208 5945 n.schnitzler@fz-juelich.de
PGI-8 Robert Zeier 05.3 276 96928 r.zeier@fz-juelich.de
ICS-3 Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann 04.6 55 2376 h.j.hoffmann@fz-juelich.de
JCNS-2 Guido Vehres 04.8 314 2498 g.vehres@fz-juelich.de

Getting computer or software

http://intranet.fz-juelich.de/IT-Portal/DE/IT-Themen/IT-Standards/Bestellformulare/_node.html

Network

Wifi

fzj

Junet (wired network connection)

fzjguest

VPN

Printing

List of printers

Printer Drivers

iffps

Printserver for Linux and macOS systems

https://iffps.iff.kfa-juelich.de:631/printers/iffPXX

All printers are shared with Bonjour (search for "iffP")

Installation on macOS

[makeprinters.py ]

iffwps

Printserver for Windows systems

\\iffwps.iff.kfa-juelich.de

All printers are listed in Active Directory

AirPrint

AirPrint is a feature in Apple Inc.’s OS X and iOS operating systems for printing via a wireless LAN (Wi-Fi). AirPrint does not require printer-specific drivers. It connects via a Wi-Fi network only, and thus requires a Wi-Fi access point.

File services

iffpcsrv.iff.kfa-juelich.de

additional data (software)

  • pcsrv.zam.kfa-juelich.de
  • zelcds.zel.kfa-juelich.de

Terminal services

OS Hostname Protocol
Windows iffts.iff.kfa-juelich.de Remote Desktop Protocol
Linux ifflinux.iff.kfa-juelich.de SSH

Webservices

https://pgi-jcns.fz-juelich.de

nextCloud

https://iffcloud.fz-juelich.de

nextCloud (stylized nextCloud) is a suite of client-server software for creating file host- ing services and using them. nextCloud is functionally very similar to the widely used Dropbox, with the primary functional difference being that nextCloud is free and open- source, and thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server.

Further information

ShareLaTeX

https://ifftex.fz-juelich.de

ShareLaTeX is an online LaTeX editor that allows real-time collaboration and online compiling of projects to PDF format. In comparison to other LaTeX editors, ShareLa- TeX is a server-based application, which is accessed through a web browser.

Features

  • private and public projects,
  • real-time collaboration between private collaborators,
  • spell-check,
  • one-click compilation to PDF.

https://pgi-jcns.fz-juelich.de/portal/pages/ifftex.html

CodiMD

https://iffmd.fz-juelich.de

CodiMD lets you create realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms

For sharing notes you just have to share the website link to your note

GitLab

https://iffgit.fz-juelich.de

The software, is a collaborative development platform. A web-based Git repository manager with wiki and issue tracking features.

Jupyter Hub

https://iffjupyter.fz-juelich.de

With JupyterHub you can create a multi-user Hub which spawns, manages, and proxies multiple instances of the single-user Jupyter notebook.

Mediawiki

https://iffwiki.fz-juelich.de

MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki application

Mattermost

https://iffchat.fz-juelich.de

Open source, private cloud Slack-alternative, Workplace messaging for web, PCs and phones.

Mattermost Mobile & Desktop Apps: https://about.mattermost.com/download/#mattermostApps

Apache Guacamole

https://iffrd.fz-juelich.de

Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH.

BigBlueButton

https://iffvc.fz-juelich.de

It is an open source web conferencing system. In addition to various web conferencing services, it has integrations for many of the major learning and content management systems.

Indico

https://iffindico.fz-juelich.de


Manage complex conferences, workshops and meetings.

Getting started

https://pgi-jcns.fz-juelich.de/portal/pages/iffvc.html

WordPress

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS)

BlueJeans

Bluejeans

Scientific IT-Systems

The team Scientific IT Systems is part of the department of Technical and Administrative Infrastructure (PGI/JCNS-TA). The staff supports researchers at Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI), Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) and Institute of Complex Systems (ICS) with IT-technical problems and both plan and operate highly available server and storage systems for the HPC-Cluster and scientific desktop computers. Also part of the core tasks are optimization of programs for special processor architectures and the development of dedicated controlling and visualization systems for experiment and process data processing.

Staff

  • Josef Heinen: Server systems, Realtime Data Processing, Visualization systems
  • Elmar Westphal: HPC systems, GPU-Programming
  • Dorothea Henkel: User management, Web applications, GUI-Programming (PyQt)
  • Markus Consoir: Server systems, desktop and mobile device management
  • Florian Rhiem: OpenGL- and WebGL-Programming
  • Ingo Heimbach: GUI- and Graphics-Programming (wxWidgets)
  • Daniel Kaiser: C-, Python- and Web-Programming

Fields of activity

Strategic Planning

  • HPC systems / compute servers / storage systems
  • System integration / virtualization solutions

Cluster Middleware

  • Optimization of application programs for parallel processing
  • using MPI or OpenMP
  • Optimization of programs for multi-core or GPU environments

Process Data Processing

  • Design, development and implementation of hard- and software components for ac- quisition, transfer and processing of data in scientific environments
  • Development of visualization systems for real-time environments and applications with sophisticated requirements for 3D graphics
  • Development of device drivers for instruments
  • Development of control system software and graphical user interfaces

Common System Development

  • Creation of Web applications for the script-based generation of homepages for the Forschungszentrum Jülich internet portal
  • Web based database applications

Education

  • Mentoring of trainees (Bachelor of Science course Scientific Programming, linked with a Mathematical-technical Software Developer training)
  • Mentoring of students (Master of Science course Techno-mathematics)
  • Mentoring of term papers, Bachelor’s and Master’s theses

Advisory Service

  • for problems related to UNIX-based Operating Systems (Linux,OS X) and software components
  • for acquisition of PCs, laptops, printers and hardware for controlling scientific instru- ments
  • for questions regarding data evaluation, numerical applications and mathematical libraries
  • for questions regarding the LaTeX typesetting system
  • for problems in image processing
  • for adapting existing software to use the standard libraries available on campus

Network Management

  • Point of contact for matters related to the network infrastructure and IT-security (in collaboration with the respective external departments)