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One of the basics of using Ansible is choosing which hosts to operate against. I’m going to walk through the basics of choosing hosts in Ansible, then I’ll cover some advanced tips on using it with AWX or, better yet, Ascender. Video tutorial Hosts vs. inventory Inventory I’ll start by discussing inventories, which are really...
I’ve been working to containerize various open-source large language models throughout this year, with varying success. I recently got the Llama 2 model containerized with Apptainer and was running some tests with it on GCP, and thought I’d put together a short blog post summarizing where we’re at and how we got here. This has...
In our fourth post in this blog series, we shine the spotlight on Skip Grube, Senior Systems Engineer, to illuminate what he loves about his role at CIQ. What attracted you to a career in engineering? Playing with computers in the 90’s. A natural progression formed from DOS games -> very simple programming -> slightly...
Linux is a multi-user environment. Not only does it mean you can have multiple accounts on a single system, but it also means multiple users can be logged in at the same time. You can have a user on the desktop, and users logging in via SSH or FTP. As an administrator of Linux, you're...
We’re excited to announce the availability of a comprehensive software stack for high performance computation of shapes via the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. This application package, bundling OpenRadioss and ParaView on Rocky Linux 9.1, offers a complete solution for simulating and visualizing complex, non-linear problems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). A comprehensive package Building on its...
Portainer is a web-based container management platform that makes working with containerized deployments significantly easier, more efficient, and more reliable. And although you can use Cockpit or the CLI to manage deployments, Cockpit is fairly basic, and the CLI requires more knowledge and isn't nearly as efficient as a well-designed GUI. That's where Portainer comes...
With the help of this installation guide, you should be able to install and use Ascender in under an hour, even if you are new to Linux. Prerequisites OS Rocky 8 or 9 CPUs Testing Production 2 4+ RAM 8GB 16GB+ Storage 32GB 60GB+ While it’s not necessarily a prerequisite, it is a best practice...
Automation is the cornerstone of modern enterprise infrastructure, and CIQ is at the forefront of this revolution. We are excited to announce the rollout of Ascender installers for all Kubernetes-based platforms. Ascender governs the automation of Rocky Linux management at scale as well as workloads, networking, devices, public clouds, and other infrastructure at an enterprise...
CIQ is proud to announce the general availability of our new Rocky Linux solutions on Google Cloud Marketplace. As an evolution of our partnership with Google Cloud, we’re excited to provide customers and partners with a world-class Rocky Linux experience backed by CIQ expertise and support through Google Cloud Marketplace. Rocky Linux, the world’s fastest...
In this article, (1) we first introduce the intra-node communication issue with MPI applications and Apptainer without setuid (default version of Apptainer v1.1.x and v1.2.x) that uses unprivileged user namespace that happens with certain types of intra-node communication transport. (2) We show you test results of various MPIs, communication frameworks, interconnects, and intra-node communication transports....
In a previous article, I demonstrated how Warewulf makes it simple to deploy an HPC cluster. Now, I don’t know about you; but, once I have a cluster, I immediately start looking for something to run on it. But I’m a systems guy—not a domain scientist—so that usually means I start benchmarking. Recently at CIQ,...
Even with the continued proliferation of cloud services, FTP is still a viable means of uploading and downloading files within your company. This is especially true if you do not want your files saved on a third-party service or if you need to automate the process of exchanging files between machines. Or you might have...