Standard Terminal Setup

Prerequisite

• Have an active account and project.
• Using standard Linux/Mac terminal or Windows Subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu terminal.

First time setup

The login process can be simplified significantly with a few easy configurations.

1. In a new local terminal run; mkdir -p ~/.ssh/sockets this will create a hidden file in your home directory to store socket configurations.

2. Open your ssh config file with nano ~/.ssh/config and add the following (replacing username with your username):

   Host login-0
       HostName login-0.eri.agresearch.co.nz
       User <USERID>@agresearch.co.nz     # eg blogsj@agresearch.co.nz
       GSSAPIAuthentication yes
   
   Host login-1
       HostName login-1.eri.agresearch.co.nz
       User <USERID>@agresearch.co.nz     # eg blogsj@agresearch.co.nz
       GSSAPIAuthentication yes
   

   Close and save with ctrl x, y, Enter

3. Ensure the permissions are correct by running chmod 600 ~/.ssh/config.

Usage

Assuming you have followed the setup above you will be able to connect to the clusters directly using;

ssh login-0

or

ssh login-1

Subsequent local terminals opened will be able to scp files without having to re-enter authentication e.g.

scp <path/filename> login-0:~/

For more info visit data transfer.

What Next?

• Moving files to/from a cluster.
• Setting up an X-Server (optional).