Learning how to use HPC infrastructure (part I: Intro, Access)

Connecting with SSH from Windows

8 Oct 2025, 13:30

1h 30m

Salle S08 (Namur or Liege)

Speaker

Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain/CISM)

Description

SSH is the protocol used to connect to the clusters. This session presents the complete use of the tools to make access to the clusters easy (without being harrassed by passphrase requests, coping with firewalls in a transparent manner, transferring files from one cluster to another, etc.)
Contents: SSH client usage and common errors SSH keys, passphrases and agents SSH configuration file Passphrase managers Tunnels, proxies and (pseudo-)VPNs SSH-based file transfer (SCP, rsync, Unison, SSHFS)	Prerequisite: Being familiar with a text editor  Mastering the Linux command line and the GNU utilities (mkdir, cp, scp, etc.) Prerequisite for: all the other sessions   Type: Hands-on,  Target audience: Everyone Must: This session is mandatory.

Presentation materials

cours_ssh.pdf

mobaxterm_step_by_step.pdf

vscode.pdf