Secretariat OnDemand
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**Contact** `Secretariat System Administrators`_ **with HPC Questions!**
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| `Vijay Shankar`_ | `John Poole`_ | `Maria E. Adonay`_ |
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vshanka@clemson.edu,jopoole@clemson.edu,madonay@clemson.edu
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**Contact** `IHG Research Cores`_ **with Research Questions!**
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ihgcores@clemson.edu
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`Open OnDemand`_ (OOD) is a web-based interface that is designed to be a user-friendly method for accessing HPC resources and services through your browser. To access Secretariat's OOD Page, navigate to `secretariat-master.clemson.edu`_ or `130.127.173.136`_ using your web browser. (Or click on the image, below!)
Make sure to use the `Google Chrome`_ browser when accessing Secretariat via OOD!
Log in using your Secretariat credentials and complete DUO two-factor authentication when prompted.
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:alt: Secretariat Open OnDemand Dashboard
:target: https://130.127.173.136/
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Although you may encounter a warning message that says the connection is not private, it is safe to proceed to the site. To proceed, you may need to click a button labeled something like "Advanced" in the lower portion of the window. If you have any trouble during this process, send us a message!
After a successful login, you will arrive at the Dashboard, which provides quick access to Secretariat resources and tools!
Dashboard Overview
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| Section | Description |
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| Files | Access your **/home** directory immediately, or navigate |
| | to other permitted locations. Upload / download / edit |
| | small text files! |
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| Jobs | Create, submit, and monitor Slurm batch jobs on Secretariat. |
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| Clusters | Launch a browser-based terminal session on Secretariat. |
| | (**Note: Launches on the head node!**) |
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| Interactive Apps | Launch GUI-based scientific applications in the browser. |
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Interactive Apps
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View our current apps, below:
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| App | Description |
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| Cytoscape | Network analysis and visualization of gene / protein / etc |
| | interactions, pathways, and omics networks. |
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| DGRP2 Webserver | Tool for Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel analyses and |
| | population genomics workflows. |
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| Dynamic Bic Flows | Biclustering-based visualization for exploring complex gene |
| | expression or phenotypic datasets. |
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| IGV | Genome browser for inspecting alignments, variants, and |
| | annotation tracks. |
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| Spyder | Python IDE for scripting, statistical analysis, and data |
| | exploration workflows. |
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| Secretariat Remote Desktop | Full Linux desktop environment for GUI-based applications and |
| | point-and-click navigation. |
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| ASC Seurat | Single-cell RNA-seq analysis environment using Seurat for |
| | clustering, visualization, and downstream interpretation. |
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| Code Server | Browser-based VS Code environment for editing scripts and |
| | running computational pipelines. |
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| Jupyter Notebook | Interactive notebooks for Python / R / etc analysis, visualization, |
| | and reproducible research. |
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| RStudio 1.4 | IDE for R-based statistical analysis and visualization. |
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| ShinyR DAM | Interactive R Shiny app for Drosophila Activity Monitor |
| | data analysis and visualization. |
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| iDEP & ShinyGO | Web tools for differential expression analysis, enrichment, and |
| | functional genomics interpretation. |
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List last updated: 11 May 2026.
.. _Open OnDemand: https://www.openondemand.org/
.. _Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
.. _secretariat-master.clemson.edu: https://secretariat-master.clemson.edu
.. _130.127.173.136: https://130.127.173.136
.. _Vijay Shankar: https://scienceweb.clemson.edu/chg/dr-vijay-shankar-2/
.. _John Poole: https://scienceweb.clemson.edu/chg/dr-john-poole/
.. _Maria E. Adonay: https://scienceweb.clemson.edu/chg/maria-adonay/
.. _Secretariat System Administrators: https://scienceweb.clemson.edu/ihg/research-cores/bsc-core/
.. _IHG Research Cores: https://scienceweb.clemson.edu/ihg/research-cores/