2018

Connecting with SSH from Windows: Introduction and advanced topics

by Juan Cabrera (UNamur), Dr Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain/CISM)

Europe/Brussels
CANDIX (Vinci building)

CANDIX

Vinci building

Vinci building, just in front of room A-182, Bâtiment Vinci, Place du Levant 1. More info on http://www.ceci-hpc.be/training.html#practicalinfo
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.

Organised by

UCLouvain/CISM

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