Documentation

General Linux support

• Support policy and service mandate
• How to write a good support request

Documentation for CERN supported releases

• CentOS Stream 8 documentation
• CERN CentOS 7 documentation
• Scientific Linux CERN 6 documentation SLC6 supported ended November 2020.
• Scientific Linux CERN 5 documentation SLC 5 support ended March 2019.

Other (mostly release independent)

• Mattermost integration [CC7].
• CC7 and C8 cloud images for CERN OpenStack
• CC7 and C8 docker images for CERN OpenStack container service
• Accessing CERN Linux machines via Kerberos
• CERN Host Certificate AutoEnrollement and AutoRenewal
• Printing from Linux clients at CERN
• Advanced user account management using LDAP
• Red Hat support site
• Red Hat Linux Support Knowledgebase

Deprecated / historical documentation

• Accessing Windows Terminal Services from Linux
• Phase-out of SMB version 1 protocol (Samba access to Windows shares/DFS)
• Thunderbird integration with MS Exchange 2007/2010 Calendaring and Tasks
• Using Kerberos (passwordless) authentication for CERN Single Sign On (SSO)
• Using Kerberos (passwordless) authentication for CERN e-mail services
• Pidgin Instant Messaging integration with MS Lync / OCS messaging service
• Direct access to CERN CVI (Hyper-V) guest system console
• CERN Single Sign on authentication using scripts/programs
• Using CERN Smart Cards [ SLC6 ] PILOT
• Accessing MS DFS at CERN (//dfs/cern.ch) [ SLC6 ]
• Mounting DFS file system on Linux [ SLC6 ]
• Accessing MS DFS at CERN (//dfs/cern.ch) [ SLC5 ]
• Configuring RSS feeds (e.g. for cern.alert, cern.market)