[auton-users] Compute Infrastructure Changes in Feb

[Michael J. Baysek]

Hi Lab,


You've been getting a lot of messages from me lately.  I hope you 
haven't added me to your spam filter yet.  If you are no longer actively 
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This mail is about some major changes to the way we access the compute 
cycle servers.  Beginning in February, the public IP addresses will be 
removed from most of the compute machines.  This means that you will no 
longer be able to directly access, say, los1.auton.cs.cmu.edu.



Beginning February, the new way of accessing the compute machines will 
be to first ssh into cpu.autonlab.org.  This will connect you to one of 
two head nodes from which you will then connect to the node of your 
choice.  In the works, is a comprehensive real time status command which 
you can run on the head node to get all of the up to the minute info 
about all nodes.  This feature will be much better than, and should 
obsolete the current status page.


Usage guidelines for the new system are forthcoming and will be posted 
to the Intranet. 


Mike