Introduction
Basic Instructions
Caution
This machine is for cpu-intensive jobs. Common jobs like editing, word-processing, graph or figure drawing, etc. should be avoided as far as possible.
Installation
You need to login to the server using SSH, also referred to as Secure Shell. The SSH protocol is a method to login securely from your computer (the “client” system) to a remote machine (the “server”) and transfer files between them.
MacOS
All modern Macs running macOS or Mac OS X come with SSH pre-installed by default.
Linux
Most Linux systems come with an SSH client preinstalled. A popular client is OpenSSH. To check whether OpenSSH is installed, run the following command in a terminal window which should give you the version of OpenSSH installed:
ssh -V
If you get an error informing you that the ssh
command is not installed, you need to install OpenSSH. On Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu and Linux Mint this can be done using
sudo apt install openssh-client
Windows
On Windows, the simplest way to get SSH is to install Putty. Once Putty has been installed, you can Putty’s GUI to connect to the server as described in Logging in with Putty, or through Window’s PowerShell using the ssh
command, as in Linux or MacOS.
Logging in
Logging in using the terminal
Logging in with Putty
Setting up passwordless login
For security, a password-less connection should be used.