SoCS Provides Linux Terminal Environments for Undergraduate students to complete their coursework in a standardized environment with consistent software and library versions to provide a target environment for student grading. There are several distinct environments:

• SSH Only Environment (linux.socs.uoguelph.ca)
• NoMachine Graphical Desktop (nomachine.socs.uoguelph.ca)
• Course Specific SSH Environments

• Users log into all Linux hosts using their central login credentials
• Users' SoCS Home folder is automatically mounted using AutoFS, which is configured in the SoCS LDAP (automount_secnet)
• Login information configured using SSSD
• Linux servers are all on the back of rack network (192.168.100.x) for sys home folder mounting

All environments are provisioned using an Ansible Role. There is a common TerminalServers role which is applied to all hosts, along with a NoMachine (role name) role to install and configure the NoMachine graphical environment software.