NICS sends news updates about important events on the Kraken system: scheduled maintenance, hardware problems, file purges, unexpected system-wide outages, etc. If you have a TeraGrid login, you may already be receiving these messages via TeraGrid news. If you do not have a TeraGrid login, you can subscribe to TeraGrid news via RSS or subscribe to the NICS news email list.
TeraGrid News
If you have a TeraGrid login and have not been receiving email notices about Kraken from TeraGrid news, please do the following:
- Login to the TeraGrid portal at: http://portal.teragrid.org/
- Enter your TeraGrid portal username and password (upper right-hand side). (If you don't remember your portal login or password, contact help@teragrid.org.)
- Click on the "My TeraGrid" tab in the upper left-hand corner of the window.
- On the line under the tabs, click on "Profile". The email address that is
listed is your official TeraGrid email address. This is the only address that
can be registered with TeraGrid news. To change this address, click on "Update
Profile", type in the new email address, click "Review Update", then click on
"Submit".
Once you have ensured that your email address on the TeraGrid portal is
correct, go to: http://news.teragrid.org
- In the left-hand column, under "Subscription Services", click on "Manage Email Subscription"
- Enter your TeraGrid Portal email address where it says "type email address here", then click on "MANAGE".
- Select the categories to which you want to subscribe. To get news about the Kraken system, select "Subscribe" next to "NICS", then click on SAVE.
TeraGrid News via RSS
You do not need a TeraGrid login to subscribe to TeraGrid News via RSS. To subscribe, go to: http://news.teragrid.org
- In the left-hand column, under "Subscription Services", click on "Subscribe via RSS"
- Under "TeraGrid RSS Feed Subscriptions", click on NICS.
Or you can subscribe using a news reader (such as Thunderbird) to:
http://news.teragrid.org/feeds/rss-nics.rss
Email subscription
If you prefer to receive updates about Kraken from the NICS news email list, you can subscribe to the list by sending a blank email message to:
nics-news-subscribe@nics.tennessee.edu
You will receive a reply from the list asking you to confirm your request. Once you have confirmed your request, you will begin receiving news updates from the list.
