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| 4 | <%def name="title()"> |
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| 5 | Intro |
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| 6 | </%def> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <h1>XVM — Virtual Servers for MIT </h1> |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | <p><strong>xvm.mit.edu</strong> is a virtualization service for the |
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| 11 | MIT community. We offer <strong>virtual machines</strong>—your |
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| 12 | own complete system on which you can start from our <strong>three-minute |
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| 13 | Debian or Ubuntu install</strong> or install the <strong>operating |
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| 14 | system of your choice</strong>. The service is <strong>free</strong> |
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| 15 | to any Athena account holder.</p> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <p>MIT users:</p> |
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| 18 | <blockquote><big><a |
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| 19 | href="https://${config.web.hostname}/"><strong><font color="green">→</font> Log in to XVM now</strong> |
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| 20 | </a></big></blockquote> |
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| 21 | <p>You'll need an <a href="http://ca.mit.edu/">MIT personal |
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| 22 | certificate</a>.</p> |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | <h2>XVM features:</h2> |
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| 25 | <ul> |
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| 26 | <li>Online management of virtual machines</li> |
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| 27 | <li>A wide selection of bootable CD-ROM images and installers</li> |
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| 28 | <li>An automated Debian and Ubuntu installer</li> |
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| 29 | <li>Secure VNC console access via a Java applet</li> |
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| 30 | <li>Secure serial console access over SSH</li> |
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| 31 | <li>Ownership and access control through Athena lockers and groups</li> |
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| 32 | </ul> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | <h2>XVM does not feature:</h2> |
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| 35 | <ul> |
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| 36 | <li>backups of VM disk images; images are on a RAID, but you should |
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| 37 | arrange your own backups for data that is important to you.</li> |
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| 38 | <li>guarantees of uptime or security; we are a best-effort volunteer |
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| 39 | service, though we follow security and reliability best practices |
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| 40 | shared by production SIPB services.</li> |
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| 41 | </ul> |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | <p>The XVM code base is a <strong>free software</strong> project under |
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| 44 | development, licensed under GPLv2+. If you're interested in using it, |
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| 45 | we'd be happy to help you set it up in your environment. Our Subversion |
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| 46 | repository is</p> <blockquote><a |
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| 47 | href="https://xvm.mit.edu:1111/">https://xvm.mit.edu:1111/</a></blockquote> |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | <p>xvm.mit.edu is provided by <a href="http://sipb.mit.edu/">SIPB</a>, |
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| 50 | the student computing group at MIT, with generous funding from <a |
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| 51 | href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/">IS&T</a>. Like all SIPB projects, we |
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| 52 | are independently run by our own team of volunteers, and we welcome new |
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| 53 | contributors.</p> |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | <p>Questions and feedback welcome at <a |
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| 56 | href="mailto:xvm@mit.edu">xvm@mit.edu</a>.</p> |
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