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The Terminal window

• Macs and Linux have a Terminal programs program built-in – find it now on your computer
• Windows optons:Windows 1010 or later:
  
  • Command shell Prompt or PowerShell has ssh and scp (may require latest Windows updates)
    • Start menu → Search for Command
      
      

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• See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
• We recommend the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but any Linux distribution will have an SSH client

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• A full Linux environment, including X-windows for running GUI programs remotely
• Complicated to install

SSH

ssh is an executable program that runs on your local computer and allows you to connect securely to a remote computer. We're going to use ssh to access the lonestar6 compute cluster at TACC, where the remote host name is ls6.tacc.utexas.edu.

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• If your Windows does not have ssh, use PuTTY instead.

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From now on, when we refer to "Terminal", it is either the Mac/Linux Terminal program, Windows Command Prompt or PowerShell, or the PuTTY program.

SSH

ssh is an executable program that runs on your local computer and allows you to connect securely to a remote computer. We're going to use ssh to access the lonestar6 compute cluster at TACC, where the remote host name is ls6.tacc.utexas.edu.

In your local Terminal window:

ssh <your_TACC_userID>@ls6.tacc.utexas.edu
# e.g.
ssh abattenh@ls6.tacc.utexas.edu

• Answer yes to the SSH security question prompt
• Enter the password associated with your TACC account
• Wait for your 2-factor authentication code to arrive via SMS or app, then type it in

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The bash shell

You're now at a command line! It looks as if you're running directly on the remote computer, but really there are two programs communicating:

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