GENI: Fall 2013 Train the TA Sessions

Dates and Times

Session 1: Friday September 13, 2013 from 2pm to 5pm ET
Session 2: Friday September 20, 2013 from 2pm to 5pm ET

Web Conferencing Information

Part 1 - Friday September 27

1. Go to ​https://bbn.webex.com/bbn/j.php?ED=190668462&UID=1358919412&PW=NNmIwMDY3YzVj&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: TrainTA-Fall2013
4. Click "Join".

For audio, WebEx will give you a phone number to call after you log into the meeting.

Part 2 - Friday October 4

1. Go to ​https://bbn.webex.com/bbn/j.php?ED=190668567&UID=1358919797&PW=NYjFhZjdlZjU3&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: TrainTA-Fall2013
4. Click "Join".

For audio, WebEx will give you a phone number to call after you log into the meeting.

Pre-Work

1. Verify ability to login to the GENI Portal (​https://portal.geni.net).

2. Download and install a VM from ​http://www.planet-lab.org/GENI/.

Session Leaders

Sarah Edwards GPO	Niky Riga GPO	Vic Thomas GPO

Topics

Session 1

An introduction to GENI and GENI Concepts​

Hands-on: Lab Zero: My first GENI Experiment

• ​Instructions
• Slides​

Hands-on: Using Omni, the GENI AM API and RSpecs

• Instructions
• Slides​

Take-home assignment (optional)

Session 2

Solution to the take-home assignment

Tips for running a class on GENI: Account management​

Tips for running a class on GENI: Lab management​

Hands-on: Accessing resources in student slices

• Instructions

Wrap-Up: Resources available to instructors and TAs​

Take home Assignment

• Link to the assignment
• Use Flack to reserve your resources using the rspec url provided in the assignment
• You will get a warning when you run sudo just ignore it:

  sudo: unable to resolve host NodeB