# Announcements

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## [Job Opportunity: Machine Learning HPC Specialist](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/job-opportunity-machine-learning-hpc-specialist/1944)

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**Author:** [@DelilahYM](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/DelilahYM)\
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**Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/job-opportunity-machine-learning-hpc-specialist/1944 "2022-03-08T15:34:36Z")

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Hi All, Tufts is looking for a Machine Learning HPC Specialist to join our multi-talented Research Technology team! Apply Here: https://jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/16837?lang=en-us Job Description Overview Tufts Technology …

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## [Job Opportunity: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist (remote) - Tufts Technology Services](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/job-opportunity-senior-bioinformatics-scientist-remote-tufts-technology-services/1926)

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**Author:** [@DelilahYM](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/DelilahYM)\
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**Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/job-opportunity-senior-bioinformatics-scientist-remote-tufts-technology-services/1926 "2022-02-17T15:33:15Z")

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Hi All, Fantastic opportunity available at Tufts Technology Services! See job description below, and apply at https://jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/16621 Job Description: Overview Tufts Technology Services (TTS) is a univer…

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## [Webinar on Open OnDemand at Kubernetes](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/webinar-on-open-ondemand-at-kubernetes/1900)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/webinar-on-open-ondemand-at-kubernetes/1900 "2022-02-07T22:50:49Z")

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FYI, on Feb 23 at Noon Eastern, Trey Dockendorf from OSC will be co-presenting the following: How Open OnDemand uses Kyverno to deliver self-service Kubernetes for HPC Supporting Kubernetes through Open OnDemand present…

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## [Open OnDemand community involvement in PEARC'22](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-community-involvement-in-pearc22/1864)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-community-involvement-in-pearc22/1864 "2022-01-11T01:17:20Z")

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Open OnDemand community members: In case you aren’t aware, the PEARC’22 conference recently releases a Call for Participation: Call for Participation – PEARC22 with due dates in the coming weeks. We know many of you r…

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## [Apache httpd cve-2021-40438](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/apache-httpd-cve-2021-40438/1848)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
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**Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/apache-httpd-cve-2021-40438/1848 "2021-12-21T16:03:06Z")

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All sites should update apache httpd or httpd24-httpd for cve-2021-40438 if you haven’t already done so. Here’s the RHEL link for the same. It should be as simple as updating that package. https://access.redhat.com/se…

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## [Open OnDemand not vulnerable to log4j](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-not-vulnerable-to-log4j/1846)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
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**Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-not-vulnerable-to-log4j/1846 "2021-12-20T21:06:45Z")

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Open OnDemand Community: Open OnDemand does not utilize Java and thus is not vulnerable to any log4j exploit. While we are not aware of any vulnerabilities in underlying system tools (e.g. SLURM, Imod) or applications c…

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## [OSC Downtime December 14th](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-downtime-december-14th/1831)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-downtime-december-14th/1831 "2021-12-08T16:30:15Z")

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The Ohio SuperComputer Center has a scheduled maintenance downtime on Tuesday December 14th from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M. This means yum.osc.edu may be unavailable for some or all of this time period.

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## [Please help the Open OnDemand team by adding your institutional affiliation and name to your Discourse profile](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/please-help-the-open-ondemand-team-by-adding-your-institutional-affiliation-and-name-to-your-discourse-profile/1832)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
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**Last updated:** [December 8, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/please-help-the-open-ondemand-team-by-adding-your-institutional-affiliation-and-name-to-your-discourse-profile/1832 "2021-12-08T15:54:07Z")

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Open OnDemand Community: As you likely know, the main OOD development is currently funded via an award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Part of the award objectives are to grow the overall community, and the…

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## [OnDemand 2.0.20 Released](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/ondemand-2-0-20-released/1818)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/ondemand-2-0-20-released/1818 "2021-12-03T20:45:01Z")

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Hi. We’ve tagged OnDemand v2.0.20 that has several bugfixes folks have been wanting. It is currently on our latest repo and OSC is going to work this week to verify it and push it to the 2.0 repo for general access. I’m…

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## [Cve-2021-43527 - nss](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/cve-2021-43527-nss/1819)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/cve-2021-43527-nss/1819 "2021-12-02T15:35:26Z")

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There is a vulnerability in the nss libraries. RHEL has issued this advisory yesterday. Apache httpd relies on this library, so sites should upgrade when they can. Here are more details from Red Hat https://access.redh…

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## [Open OnDemand sessions at SC'21](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-sessions-at-sc21/1791)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-sessions-at-sc21/1791 "2021-11-12T20:20:53Z")

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Open OnDemand Community: Next week is the SC’21 conference (Schedule • SC21) and there are several Open OnDemand related sessions you might be interested in: Sunday, Nov. 14 10:44 to 11 a.m. ET Kubernetes with Open On…

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## [Open OnDemand sessions at Gateways'21 and SC'21 Conferences](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-sessions-at-gateways21-and-sc21-conferences/1729)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
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**Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-sessions-at-gateways21-and-sc21-conferences/1729 "2021-10-18T22:08:36Z")

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The Open OnDemand team will be hosting some sessions at the upcoming Gateways’21 and SC’21 conferences. Specifically: Gateways’21 “Open OnDemand App Development and Integration” Thursday, Oct 21st, 11:45 AM - 12:30 P…

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## [Critical NGINX CVE-2021-23017 patch available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/critical-nginx-cve-2021-23017-patch-available/1716)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
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**Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/critical-nginx-cve-2021-23017-patch-available/1716 "2021-10-08T15:57:00Z")

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Hi, we’ve patched ondemand-nginx for CVE-2021-23017. This CVE does not affect OnDemand because we do not use the resolver directive, but we’ve patched it just for good measure. To update perform the following operation…

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## [MATLAB and NVIDIA with Open OnDemand webinar](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/matlab-and-nvidia-with-open-ondemand-webinar/1704)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
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**Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/matlab-and-nvidia-with-open-ondemand-webinar/1704 "2021-10-05T21:15:42Z")

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The Open OnDemand project team, in conjunction with The MathWorks and NVIDIA, invites you to join us on October 28th at 1pm EST for a webinar on “MATLAB and NVIDIA with Open OnDemand”. MATLAB users rely on NVIDIA GPUs t…

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## [OSC center wide downtime Tuesday September 28th means yum.osc.edu may be unavailable](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-september-28th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1674)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
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**Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-september-28th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1674 "2021-09-21T13:26:31Z")

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OSC is having a center wide downtime Tuesday September 28th from 7 AM to 9 PM. During this time https://yum.osc.edu/ may be unavailable, which means during that time installing or upgrading OnDemand via rpm might not wo…

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## [XDMoD Users’ Group - August 26th 2021](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/xdmod-users-group-august-26th-2021/1618)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
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**Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/xdmod-users-group-august-26th-2021/1618 "2021-08-06T19:28:45Z")

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The annual XDMoD Users’ Group meeting will be held on Thursday August 26 2021 from 2:30PM EDT to 3:30 EDT. The purpose of the Users’ Group is for the XMS team to provide information about XDMoD’s planned roadmap for th…

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## [OSC center wide downtime June 30th means yum.osc.edu may be unavailable](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-june-30th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1562)

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**Author:** [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-june-30th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1562 "2021-06-23T15:43:00Z")

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There is a scheduled center wide downtime at OSC on Wednesday June 30th from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M. yum.osc.edu will be unavailable during this time meaning upgrading or installing ondemand may not work.

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## [Position available on OSC Open OnDemand team](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/position-available-on-osc-open-ondemand-team/1510)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/position-available-on-osc-open-ondemand-team/1510 "2021-06-02T21:54:30Z")

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OSC is looking to fill a position on the Open OnDemand development team for the technical lead of the OSC Gateways Group. Details are available at Workday

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## [Announcing Pre-Release of Open OnDemand 2.0](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-pre-release-of-open-ondemand-2-0/1450)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-pre-release-of-open-ondemand-2-0/1450 "2021-04-27T19:49:21Z")

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There is a pre-release version of Open OnDemand 2.0 (2.0.5) that is currently available. Highlights include: Predefined set of themes available for the Shell app, similar to the File Editor A new Files App A launch in…

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## [OSC center wide downtime Wednesday March 31st means yum.osc.edu may be unavailable](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-wednesday-march-31st-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1405)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [March 30, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-wednesday-march-31st-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1405 "2021-03-30T14:20:16Z")

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OSC is having a center wide downtime Wednesday March 31st. During this time https://yum.osc.edu/ may be unavailable, which means during that time installing or upgrading OnDemand via rpm might not work.

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## [Open OnDemand community involvement in PEARC'21](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-community-involvement-in-pearc21/1287)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
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**Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-community-involvement-in-pearc21/1287 "2021-01-25T22:25:45Z")

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Open OnDemand community members: In case you aren’t aware, the PEARC’21 conference recently releases a Call for Participation: https://pearc.acm.org/pearc21/call-for-participation/ with due dates in the next month or s…

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## [OSC center wide downtime Tuesday December 15th means yum.osc.edu may be unavailable](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-december-15th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1251)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-december-15th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1251 "2020-12-14T14:41:37Z")

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OSC is having a center wide downtime Tuesday December 15th. During this time https://yum.osc.edu/ may be unavailable, which means during that time installing or upgrading OnDemand via rpm might not work.

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## [Scheduling of Open OnDemand 2.0 Release](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/scheduling-of-open-ondemand-2-0-release/1205)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
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**Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/scheduling-of-open-ondemand-2-0-release/1205 "2020-11-12T16:36:40Z")

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All: We’ve been telling the community for the past few months that we were planning on releasing Open OnDemand 2.0 around the first of December. However, we have decided to push it out until end of Q1 2021 (March-April …

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## [Security fix in Open OnDemand 1.8.18 and 1.7.19 patch releases now available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/security-fix-in-open-ondemand-1-8-18-and-1-7-19-patch-releases-now-available/1198)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/security-fix-in-open-ondemand-1-8-18-and-1-7-19-patch-releases-now-available/1198 "2020-11-04T18:36:43Z")

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We have released 1.8.18 and 1.7.19 patch releases with security fixes: properly escape user input when creating job template in Job Composer app as reported as CVE-2020-27958 (thanks to reporting by Radoslav Bodó and t…

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## [Cloudify credits available for testing OOD in Cloud](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/cloudify-credits-available-for-testing-ood-in-cloud/1167)

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**Author:** [@rsettlag](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/rsettlag)\
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**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/cloudify-credits-available-for-testing-ood-in-cloud/1167 "2020-10-20T18:08:52Z")

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Community: We have credits available to test integration of OOD and Cloudify cloud. Please let us know if this is of interest and we will send some login information. Thanks, OOD

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## [Security fix in Open OnDemand 1.7.17 and 1.6.25 patch releases now available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/security-fix-in-open-ondemand-1-7-17-and-1-6-25-patch-releases-now-available/1106)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/security-fix-in-open-ondemand-1-7-17-and-1-6-25-patch-releases-now-available/1106 "2020-09-09T11:26:59Z")

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We have released 1.7.18 and 1.6.25 patch releases with dependency and security fixes for the Files app backported from OnDemand 1.8: Updated jQuery version used by Files app Updated several other npm package dependenci…

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## [Announcing Open OnDemand 1.8](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-8/1063)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/announcing-open-ondemand-1-8/1063 "2020-08-20T21:50:29Z")

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We are pleased to announce the release of Open OnDemand 1.8. Highlights of Open OnDemand 1.8 include: Beta XDMoD integration in the dashboard Default authentication is now handled by Dex Support mod\_auth\_openidc confi…

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## [OSC center wide downtime Tuesday August 18th means yum.osc.edu may be unavailable](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-august-18th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1055)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/osc-center-wide-downtime-tuesday-august-18th-means-yum-osc-edu-may-be-unavailable/1055 "2020-08-17T17:25:49Z")

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OSC is having a center wide downtime Tuesday August 18th. During this time https://yum.osc.edu/ may be unavailable, which means during that time installing or upgrading OnDemand via rpm might not work.

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## [Open OnDemand at PEARC20](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-at-pearc20/1035)

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**Author:** [@alanc](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/alanc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-at-pearc20/1035 "2020-07-23T20:20:23Z")

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Open OnDemand Community: Next week (starting Monday July 27th) is the PEARC20 conference (https://pearc.acm.org/pearc20/program/schedule/) There are several Open OnDemand related sessions that we would encourage you to …

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## [Open OnDemand 1.7.14 patch release now available](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-7-14-patch-release-now-available/943)

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**Author:** [@efranz](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/efranz)\
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**Last updated:** [May 29, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/open-ondemand-1-7-14-patch-release-now-available/943 "2020-05-29T20:38:50Z")

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We have released a 1.7.14 patch release with the following bug fixes: Fix the default value for the --export argument for Slurm’s sbatch to be --export=NONE. In previous versions of OnDemand this was enforced using the…

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