CSG Services
Web Hosting
We offer Web hosting for DoC users.
DoC WordPress
DoC staff can have their own wordpress sites.
CSG Services
Gitlab is a Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking, container registry and CI/CD pipeline features.
Network-accessible file storage for user home directories, local research groups, and to support Departmental administrative functions.
Home Directory Backup
Both daily on-line backups and weekly tape backups of network file storage.
CSG Services
CSG offers a wide range of services to Department of Computing users, including:
- Remote access to lab PCs or office PCs using SSH and VPN
- Authentication - we manage a Kerberos single-sign-on authentication infrastructure for local users wanting root access, and we use the College Kerberos/Active Directory servers for normal user passwords.
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Email - DoC uses the College's central Email service, now provided by Microsoft's Office365 cloud-based system. However, we still feed list-membership information to ICT generated from CSG and the DoC Teaching Database records. Here's a list of all such mailing lists and their current membership.
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File storage - we provide network-accessible file storage for user home directories, local research groups, and to support Departmental administrative functions.
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Backups - we operate both daily on-line backups and weekly tape backups of network file storage.
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Web - our web hosting service for local users.
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Private IaaS Cloud - DoC's private cloud service.
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Databases - database services available for teaching and research use.
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Networks - DoC's networks (wired and wireless) are now provided by ICT, here's some information about network provision to servers, desktops, and other client devices.
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Desktops - information on support provided for desktop PCs for staff, researchers, and PhD students.
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GitLab - Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and CI/CD pipeline features.
- Standard managed desktop environments:
- Lab Macs, managed by CSG:
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Projects - information on resources for Individual and Group projects.
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Equipment loans - CSG loan projectors, laptops are available for loan to members of staff.
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Printing - access to College and Dept printing facilities;
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High-Performance Computing - information on local HPC facilities.
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Virtual Hosting - HA Clustered Virtual Hosting on Intel/AMD x64 platforms.
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Software - access to commercial software at reduced rates.
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Download Tracking - how to add software to the Download Tracking System (to keep track of who downloads it).
- Lexis - our Linux-based Electonic Exam Invigilation system - talk to us for details.
