CIS IT Systems Guide #

Welcome to the University of Strathclyde Department of Computer and Information Sciences IT systems guide, where you'll find information on the IT services and facilities available within the department, FAQs on using our systems and information about departmental IT policy and processes.

Guide #

The site is organised into the following key sections:

• About the CIS IT Support team
• FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
• Computer labs
  • Computer Specifications
  • Printing and Scanning
  • Lab Computer FAQ
• File storage
  • NFS Home
  • Mapped drives and mountpoints
  • H: Drive
  • I: Drive
  • OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint
• Gitlab
• Mattermost
• SSH keys
• Devweb
  • Overview
  • Requesting access
  • App containers
    • Architecture
    • Static websites and PHP
      • React, Angular and other frontend JavaScript frameworks
    • Java (incl. Tomcat, JSP, Servlets)
    • NodeJS
    • Python
  • Getting started
  • Databases
    • MySQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • OpenSearch (ElasticSearch)
    • MongoDB
  • Password reset
  • Accessing remotely
• Personal Web Space
• Research Groups and Project Web Space
• Purchasing requests
  • Monitors, accessories and other equipment
  • Research workstations and servers
• Mailing lists
• Printing
• Scanning
• Remote compute facilities
  • Cafe
  • CPU nodes (formerly Guacamole Linux Labs)
  • GPU nodes
• Free software and services for students and staff
• Installing software without admin rights (staff / PGR PCs)