Month December 2020

How to access the registry server kosmos

You will be told the database and schema names by the DBA, when you are given access. You will be using your MEB account as authorization to access the data, i.e. you will use the same username and password that…

IT now has a more private site, too!

There’s stuff we do not want to be accessible on the ‘Net, except to our own users. The simplest method for us to effect this is to require the connecting web browser to be running on a computer inside our…

Network maintenance 2020-12-17

KI central IT is performing maintenance on the network, tonight between 19:00 and 21:00. This should not affect our services … More info: Driftinfo/operating info @ KI.

WP updated to 5.6

In keeping with our policy to ruthlessly upgrade to the latest version of everything, we are now running version 5.6 of WordPress, released yesterday (Dec 8). As we’ve just made the jump from 5.1 (release date Feb 21, 2019) to…

The MEB “web hotel”

What is it? The “web hotel” is a place where our researchers and employees can publish stuff on the web. It has a WordPress server, it can run shiny apps, and it can also host ordinary static web sites. It…

[Beslut] VDI avgift VT2021

MEB:s ledningsgrupp har gett oss besked att VDI förblir kostnadsfritt under VT2021 (både Q1 och Q2). Förnyad diskussion tas igen under april/maj 2021, så vi vet hur vi gör inför Q3 och Q4 2021.

How do I change my WP password?

Log in, in any of the sites you have access to, with the old password. In the dashboard, go to Users > Profile. Scroll down to the bottom. Next to the text “New password”, click the button “Generate password”. If…

The old web hotel has been closed!

The web server on fafner has been closed down. Its tasks has been transferred to a new host, and in general the transfer should not make a difference for the general public. If you have a blog/Wordpress site, you’ll get…