CoESRA 5.0 Release
- TERN Data
Target Release Version | 5.0 |
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Release Date | 9/8/2023 |
Release Authority | TDSA Program Lead |
Contact Details | esupport@tern.org.au |
Goals of the Product
The goal of the project is to develop, deliver and manage a scalable virtual desktop environment accessible via a web browser as part of the Ecocommons and ASDC compute platform,
The virtual desktop should have access to a data platform and shared storage infrastructure for seamless access to different storage capabilities,
Enable computational researchers to share their data and analysis pipeline with others,
Interoperate with other computing platforms like RStudio and Jupyter Notebook environment.
Release Details
New Features
Add an option to access GPU-enabled virtual desktop
update UI to React js and compliant to TERN branding guide
options to log in via CILogon
VSCode on the desktop
replace ownCloud with nextCloud client
Access to nodeODM in the GPU-enabled desktop
Fixes
Better error handling in the user interface
Improvements
Use ElastiCluster to run the SLURM cluster
upgrade all applications to the latest version
update the wallpaper on the desktop
update the user guide to reflect any changes to the system
Run a separate NFS to manage users' home folders to remove dependencies on slow QCollection
move all Docker containers to the NeCTAR registry and run singularity on the fly.