Servers

• Dedicated servers with full administrator access and private IP on the Yale network
• Hosted on AWS EC2 and scheduled to update monthly
• Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 14 days
• Manual snapshots can be created by users on demand
• Prices will vary based on disk size and number of hours per month the servers are running

AlmaLinux 8

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until April 2029

Amazon Linux 2

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until June 2025

Research Linux Server

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until April 2025
• Includes the following software by default:
  • Deep Learning frameworks (with CUDA 8.0, 9.0, 9.2, 10.0 , 10.1 and cuDNN, NCCL):
  • Apache MXNet with Gluon
  • TensorFlow
  • Caffe2
  • PyTorch
  • Chainer
  • CNTK
  • Theano
  • Keras
  • GPU Drivers: NVIDIA Driver 418.87
  • Anaconda3
  • Go
  • GCC
  • CMake
  • Docker
  • Singularity
  • Database clients: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3
  • Editors: Vim, Emacs
  • Mate Desktop environment
  • X2Go
  • Firefox

Ubuntu 20.04

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until April 2025

Ubuntu 22.04

• Login authentication using SSH key
• Security updates provided until April 2027

Windows 2019

• Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
• Security updates provided until January 1, 2024

Library & GIS Statistical (Windows 2019)

• This is a custom Windows image which includes additional pre-installed software packages to accommodate GIS and data analysis at Yale Library.
• Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
• Security updates provided until January 1, 2024
• Included Software:
  • ArcGIS Pro
  • Jupyter Notebook
  • Python 3
  • Google Earth Pro
  • GeoDa
  • QGIS
  • RStudio Desktop
  • Microsoft Edge

Windows 2022

• Integrated with the Yale Active Directory for authentication
• Security updates provided until January 1, 2027

Databases

Shared MySQL

• Database on a MySQL (5.7) instance shared with other Spinup users
• Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and automatically updated
• Data is replicated between two servers in two different data centers
• Restricted number of client connections and limited database size
• Suitable for development work with databases smaller than 1 GB
• Users need to schedule their own database dumps if backups are required
• This offering is currently free

Dedicated MySQL

• Dedicated MySQL instance that can host multiple databases
• Instance is hosted on AWS Aurora and automatically updated
• Data is encrypted at rest and replicated across 3 different data centers
• Disk size expands automatically as more data is added, up to 64 TiB
• Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
• Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
• Suitable for production use
• Price will vary depending on the disk size

Dedicated PostgreSQL

• Dedicated PostgreSQL instance that can host multiple databases
• Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and is automatically updated
• Data is encrypted at rest
• Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
• High-availability can be enabled to create a standby replica in another data center
• Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
• Suitable for production use
• Price will vary depending on the disk size

Dedicated SQL Server

• Dedicated SQL Server (Standard Edition) instance that can host multiple databases
• Instance is hosted on AWS RDS and is automatically updated
• Data is encrypted at rest
• Automatic daily snapshots are kept for 7 days
• High-availability can be enabled to create a standby replica in another data center
• Users should schedule their own database dumps depending on RPO requirements
• Suitable for production use
• Price will vary depending on the disk size

Containers

Container Service

• Containers hosted on AWS Fargate with a service endpoint on the Yale network
• Multiple containers can run inside a service, those containers can communicate with each other on the loopback interface (localhost/127.0.0.1)
• Private images can be pulled from authenticated Docker repositories by specifying the login credentials
• Container services will automatically restart failed or stopped container instances
• Environment variables can be set for each container and will be passed to the container at runtime
• Secret variables can be created in the space and shared among multiple containers - those will be passed as encrypted variables into each container

Known Limitations

• Persistent storage volumes are not supported, all container storage is ephemeral and limited to 10 GB for docker image layers and 4 GB for each volume mount

Storage

S3 bucket

• Object store hosted on AWS S3
• Redundant storage across multiple data centers with 99.99% availability
• Data transfer over SSL and automatic encryption
• Unlimited space
• Pricing details

Static website

• Combines AWS S3, CloudFront and Route53 to provide a quick and inexpensive way to host a static public web site
• Redundant storage across multiple data centers with 99.99% availability and unlimited space
• Automatic caching to scale and serve millions of requests per second
• DNS name of your choice on one of our domains (yalepages.org, yalespace.org)
• Automatic configuration of SSL certificate
• Only supports static content, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images
• Only available in low-risk spaces