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ISIMA / LIMOS Technical Services Documentation✯

Important Notice

This documentation is intended for ISIMA and LIMOS technical staff, researchers, and students. Access to certain services requires prior authentication via VPN, SSH, or MFA depending on the service.

🔐 Authentication Services✯

VPN Access✯

To access internal resources remotely, you must connect to the ISIMA VPN using OpenVPN or Kerberos authentication.

  • OpenVPN Configuration:
  • Download the configuration file from https://vpn.isima.fr/config/openvpn.ovpn

  • Connect using: 

    sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client/isima-limos.ovpn

  • Kerberos Authentication:

  • Required for some services like GitLab or Moodle.
  • Run: 
    kinit username@ISIMA.FR

SSH Access✯

SSH access is provided for HPC clusters and internal servers.

  • Connection Example: 

    ssh username@limos.isima.fr -p 22

  • MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication):

  • Required for all SSH connections.
  • Use Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator.

🖥️ Remote Desktop Services✯

RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)✯

  • Windows Services:
  • Access via Guacamole at https://rdp.isima.fr

  • Credentials: Same as ISIMA account.

  • Linux Services:

  • Use X2GO for graphical sessions: 
    sudo apt install x2goclient

📚 Educational Platforms✯

Moodle (Learning Management System)✯

Teams / Zoom (Collaboration Tools)✯

📧 Email & Communication✯

Zimbra (Email & Calendar)✯

Open-Xchange (Groupware)✯

🔬 Research & Documentation✯

HAL (Hyper Articles en Ligne)✯

Belenios (Secure Voting)✯

🛠️ Internal Tools✯

GestSup (Ticketing System)✯

Hedgedoc (Collaborative Notes)✯

🌐 Network Access✯

Eduroam (Wi-Fi)✯

📊 HPC & Computing Clusters✯

LIMOS HPC Cluster✯

  • Access via SSH: 
    ssh username@hpc-limos.isima.fr
  • Slurm workload manager documentation: /en/services/hpc/slurm

📞 Support & Contacts✯

Technical Support✯

Emergency Contacts✯

Documentation Updates

This documentation is maintained by the ISIMA/LIMOS IT team. For updates, check /en.