Articles by Mark Powers

Chameleon Changelog for April 2025

This month, we have new OS images with AMD ROCm and Ubuntu 24 on ARM. Additionally, we have improvements to mounting object store buckets using rclone, a new message-of-the-day, and we’ve fixed the firewall confusion on KVM@TACC.
 

Importing GitHub Repositories to Trovi: A Step-by-Step Guide

Streamline Your Research Workflow with Trovi's New GitHub Integration

Learn how to leverage Trovi's new GitHub integration to easily create and update reproducible research artifacts. This step-by-step guide shows you how to configure your GitHub repository with RO-crate metadata and import it directly into Trovi, enabling better collaboration and adherence to FAIR principles for your experiments.

Chameleon Changelog for March 2025

This month, we have reminders for KVM@TACC and CHI@Edge outages later this month. Additionally, we have version 1.1 of python-chi, and improvements to reservations!
 

Chameleon Changelog for February 2025

This month, we are excited to announce new updates to the Trovi dashboard, and the launch of the Chameleon User Forums. Additionally, please note our new data policies, as these will take effect soon!

Chameleon Changelog for December 2024

Happy New Year! We’ve had a busy 2024 with new hardware and many system improvements! In our changelog today we note a couple of nits that slid under the wire in the last year and propose important changes to our virtualized offering – please, read carefully we are asking for your feedback to make sure that those innovations don’t interfere with your ability to use the system for your experiments. 
 

Chameleon Office Hours for December 13, 2024

To provide support to our users, we are piloting by appointment Chameleon Office Hours. The first session will be on December 13, 2024, from 10:00-11:00 am and 2:30-3:30 pm Central time. Office hours appointments can be scheduled for 20 minute intervals, at least 8 hours in advance. To schedule an appointment, see this link.

As always, if you need help outside of this time, please contact our help desk. Additionally, you can find useful information about Chameleon on our blog, in our documentation, and on YouTube.

Chameleon Changelog for November 2024

This month we have presentations from the 5th Chameleon User Meeting on practical reproducibility, and lots of housekeeping on Chameleon. These include improvements to IP availability, and fixes to the core testbed, Trovi, and CHI@Edge.

Packaging Your Experiments on Chameleon with Python-chi 1.0

Streamlining Chameleon Experiments with Enhanced Python Library

Discover the powerful updates in Python-chi 1.0, Chameleon's official Python library. This new release brings improved typing, new modules for hardware and storage management, interactive Jupyter widgets, clearer error messages, and easier low-level access. Learn how these enhancements can simplify your experiment workflow, from resource allocation to data analysis. Whether you're a seasoned Chameleon user or just getting started, Python-chi 1.0 offers tools to make your research more efficient and reproducible.

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