Connecting your personal computer - davidaray/Genomes-and-Genome-Evolution GitHub Wiki

These instructions were modified from https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hpcc/userguides/general_guides/login_general.php

Connecting to HPCC using your computer is OS sensitive and depends on whether you're connecting from on-campus or off. On campus, you can connect to HPCC directly. Sometimes though, you'll want to connect from home or elsewhere off campus. This is always a good idea but is especially true because it's just nice to sit in bed and do your work sometimes. Off campus, you need to connect to a secure VPN first.

Windows users

Windows users may follow the instructions found below. More extensive details are provided here.

Briefly, you can follow the same process as you did using the computers in Biology 405.

If on campus:

  • Connect to the network via TTUNet wifi.

  • Use either MobaXterm or Bitvise as described for the classroom computers in Exercise 01.

If off campus:

  • Download and install TTU Global Protect VPN Client. This will connect you to the TTU network remotely and requires your eraider username and password. Domain = vpn.ttu.edu

  • Download and install Duo Multi-factor Authentication. This will require an app on your phone or confirmation via text message.

  • Use either MobaXterm or Bitvise as described for the classroom computers in Exercise 01.

Mac users (you poor deluded souls)

Mac users may follow the instructions found below. More extensive details are provided here.

If on campus:

  • Connect to the network via TTUNet wifi.

  • Open a new console/terminal and type in the following, substituting your own eRaider ID where "" is shown:

ssh <eraider>@login.hpcc.ttu.edu
  • You will be prompted for your eraider password and once you have entered it you will be logged into the cluster where you can begin submitting jobs.
Transferring files

To transfer files using SFTP (as you do in Bitvise on Windows), you will need the appropriate application. I'm most familiar with Filezilla. Install it and log in using the same login information as for MobaXterm and Bitvise.

If off campus:

  • Download and install TTU Global Protect VPN Client. This will connect you to the TTU network remotely and requires your eraider username and password. Domain = vpn.ttu.edu

  • Download and install Duo Multi-factor Authentication. This will require an app on your phone or confirmation via text message.

  • Connect to the network using the Global Protect and Duo

  • Open a new console/terminal and type in the following, substituting your own eRaider ID where "" is shown:

#Connecting to RedRaider
ssh <eraider>@login.hpcc.ttu.edu
  • You will be prompted for your eraider password, type it in then press enter. Once you have successfully entered your eraider password, the system will respond back with:
You are now connected to the TTUnet SSH Gateway. 
Please specify the following information to continue
connecting via SSH to a device on the network.
This connection will automatically timeout in 24 hours

Hostname or IP Address of SSH instance:
  • Enter login.hpcc.ttu.edu
User account to connect with:

  • Enter your eraider username

  • You will be prompted for your eraider password and once you have entered it you will be logged into the cluster where you can begin submitting jobs.

  • If you wish to connect in just one command line through the ssh gateway, please follow the instructions below.

ssh -J <eraider>@ssh.ttu.edu <eraider>@login.hpcc.ttu.edu
Transferring files

To transfer files using SFTP (as you do in Bitvise on Windows), you will need the appropriate application. I'm most familiar with Filezilla. Install it and log in using the same login information as for MobaXterm and Bitvise.

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