Facilities

Lab Space

Lab
Halle Big Data Lab
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1 R50824746
20 workstations
Lab
Leipzig Temir Lab
Paulinum P90532355
30 workstations
Lab
Webis Space Lab
Cyberspace
25 users
Lab
Weimar Webis Lab 1
B11 R0123756
10 workstations
[usage]
Lab
Weimar Webis Lab 2
Digital Bauhaus Lab R2013564
5 workstations
Lab
Weimar Webis Lab 3
HK7 R102 - R1063797 | 3781
20 workstations

Hardware

Cloud
Epsilonweb Cluster [2020]
IT Service Center Halle
Specification: 60 nodes, 1200 cores at 2.5 GHz, 12 TB RAM, 144 TB HDD
Cloud
Deltaweb Cluster [2018]
Digital Bauhaus Lab + Library data center
Specification: 30 + 48 nodes, 1248 cores at 2.1 GHz, 10 TB RAM, 12 480 TB HDD
Cloud
Webis storage server [2017]
Digital Bauhaus Lab
Specification: 1 server, 20 cores at 2.2 GHz, 0.1 TB RAM, 240 TB HDD
Cloud
Gammaweb Cluster [2016]
Digital Bauhaus Lab
Specification: 3 nodes, 96 cores at 2.1 GHz, 4.5 TB RAM, 22.5 TB SSD, 24 GeForce GTX 1080
Cloud
Betaweb Cluster [2015]
Digital Bauhaus Lab
Specification: 135 nodes, 1620 cores at 2.4 GHz, 25.4 TB RAM, 4060 TB HDD
Cloud
Webis rack servers [2009]
B11 RK15
Specification: 7 servers, up to 12 cores at 2.4 GHz, 128 GB RAM, 21.6 TB HDD
Cloud
Alphaweb Cluster [2009 - 2021]
Retired
Specification: 44 nodes, 88 cores at 1 GHz and 2 GHz, 0.4 TB RAM, 352 TB HDD

Monitoring and Configuration*

ECK Monitoring
Betaweb ECK Monitoring
Monitor and manage Betaweb Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) stack.
Betaweb Cluster
Betaweb Hadoop Monitoring
Monitor Hadoop jobs and storage.
[hdfs]
Consul
Consul
Webis Infrastructure Overview.
Infrastructure Monitoring
Infrastructure Monitoring
Monitor Webis Infrastructure.
[alertmanager] [prometheus, frequent prometheus queries]
Mailing Lists
Mailing Lists
Configure our mailing lists.
[webis] [webisservices] [webisstud]

Software and Collaboration*

Artifactory
Artifactory
Repository server for Maven and Gradle.
[notes]
Calendar
Calendar
[deadlines] [meetings]
Communication Channels
Communication Channels
We use the following channels for communication:
  • Discord: ask staff for access
  • Mailing list staff: webis@listserv.uni-weimar.de
  • Mailing list students: webisstud@listserv.uni-weimar.de
  • Skype
  • Twitter: @webis_de
  • Gather Town: ask staff for access
Daily Standup Meeting:
  • Weimar: 8:55 a.m.
  • Leipzig/Halle: 11:11 a.m.
CVS
CVS: webis.uni-weimar.de:/srv/cvsroot
Internal repository that models the entire organizational and operational structure of Webis. The following notes files specify important places and guidelines:
  • proposals-generic-notes.txt (in <proposals-in-progress>/proposals-generic/)
  • research-generic-notes.txt (in <research-in-progress>/research-generic/)
  • webis-organization-notes.txt (in <university-we-in-progress>/webis/webis-organization/)
  • webis-publications-notes.txt (in <literature>/webis-publications/)
  • webis-web-notes.txt (in <university-we-in-progress>/webis/webis-web/)
Docker
Docker
Container repositories.
[dockerhub] [self-hosted]
Betaweb Elasticsearch Cluster
Elasticsearch
Betaweb Elasticsearch Cluster.
GitHub
GitHub
GitHub account that hosts the published source code for reproducing Webis research.
GitLab
GitLab
Internal repository for organizing the code developed in the Webis group.
[git onboard] [notes] [project templates]
JupyterHub
JupyterHub
Notebook server.
Kibana
Kibana
Data visualization and analysis for the Betaweb Elasticsearch cluster.
Bell curve
Statistics and Mathematics
Top resources with different didactic flavors.
[boundless statistics] [mathworld] [neue statistik] [nist statistics] [tutorialspoint statistics] [statsref]
webis-cmd
Webis Command
Helper utility for automating every-day tasks in the Webis group.
[cheatsheet]

Documentation*

Notes
Admin Knowledge Base
Notes on hardware / software administration.
[issues]
Notes
Code Webis FAQ
Notes on working in Webis.
Cluster
Cluster Notes
Notes and tutorials on Cluster setup / configuration / usage.
[ceph dashboard] [cephfs] [S3] [datascience image] [docker] [hadoop] [kubernetes]
Graduation cap
Thesis Knowledge Base
On thesis writing.
[poster template] [thesis template]
VPN
VPN
Notes on Webis VPN setup.
[certificate authority server]
Play
Web Services
Notes on web service setup / configuration.
[betaweb] [proxy]

Website Maintenance*

App
Upload Lecturenotes
Uploads lecturenotes to GitHub.
files
Webspace
File server and directory: ceph.dw.webis.de:/storage/web/files
Github
Website Source
The source code of this website, hosted on GitHub through GitHub Pages.
[templates: data, demo, research, shared task, workshop] [todos]

* Most of the documents and tools listed on this page can be accessed only from inside the university or with a registered account.