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- Macs and Linux have Terminal programs built-in – find it now on your computer
- Windows needs help
- Putty – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
- simple Terminal and file copy programs
- download either the Putty installer (https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w64/putty-64bit-0.70-installer.msi)
- or just putty.exe (terminal) and pscp.exe (secure copy client)
- Windows Subsystem for Linux – Windows 10 Professional includes a Ubuntu-like bash shells
- 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
- Cygwin – http://www.cygwin.com/
- A full Linux environment, including X-windows for running GUI programs remotely
- Complicated to install
- Putty – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
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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 Stampede2 stampede2 compute cluster at TACC, where the remote host name is 5stampede2stampede2.tacc.utexas.edu.
On Macs or Linux, you run ssh from a Terminal window. To invoke a Linux Terminal window if you have the Windows subsystem for Linux installed, double-click on the icon for the Linux distribution you installed (e.g. Ubuntu).
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ssh <your_TACC_userID>@ls5userID>@stampede2.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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