To ssh into TinkerCliffs, you must be connected to campus wifi, or use a VPN. The VPN download can be found here.

To connect, open command prompt on windows, or terminal on Mac (and Linux), and enter either of the following two commands:

ssh <username>@tinkercliffs1.arc.vt.edu

ssh <username>@tinkercliffs2.arc.vt.edu

Where <username> is your VT ID (the part of your email before @vt.edu).

When you connect for the first time, you'll be asked to confirm the authenticity of the server. Type "yes", and you will be sent a DUO push notification. After the first time Approve this, and you should connect to TinkerCliffs.

Once logged in, you should see this:

You are now logged into TinkerCliffs. You can use the usual Unix commands to navigate.

To transfer files to/from TinkerCliffs, you can use the scp command. It may be helpful to set up a dedicated folder for file transfers in your home directory:

cd ~; mkdir FileTransfer

Now open a separate Terminal or CMD window (different from the one that is logged into TinkerCliffs). Navigate to the folder where you want to transfer files. To transfer a file from your computer to TinkerCliffs:

cd \path\to\my\file\

scp mylocalfile.txt <username>@tinkercliffs1.arc.vt.edu:/home/<username>/FileTransfer/

Here mylocalfile.txt is the file you want to transfer and once again <username> is your VT ID. To transfer a file from TinkerCliffs to your computer you can instead use:

scp <username>@tinkercliffs1.arc.vt.edu:/home/<username>/FileTransfer/myremotefile.txt . 

If you prefer to use a GUI to manage file transfers, or if you are planning to transfer numerous and/or large files, it may be preferable to use GLOBUS. To set up GLOBUS file transfer, follow the tutorial here.

Open OnDemand is a web portal that provides access to ARC clusters without needing to use SSH or some other client-side installation. It also has a nice GUI for browsing and downloading files. More information can be found here: ARC OOD

https://ood.arc.vt.edu