Mod:Hunt Research Group/hpc connections

New version 18.06.2020 - Julian

To access the HPC on a windows machine you can choose between two options:

a) Use a ssh client b) Install a Linux distribution for Windows (Windows10 only)

Using a ssh client is straight forward and allows easy access to the HPC Installing a Linux distribution is sligthly more complex but after the process you will have a completely functinoal terminal which allows to perform all operations which are possible on native Linux machines. You need to have around 500MB free disk space to insall the Linux distribution of you choice.

a) Use a ssh client

There are several options - my personal recommandation is MobaXterm. Download and install the free Home Edition.

Open up the program and the widow you see should look like this:

Press the session button in the top left corner and select SSH in the new window:

First version on 25th June 09 – Hieu Nguyen

HPC system runs on Unix so if you are using Macintosh, Linux or any other Unix-based operating systems, simply open a terminal and use the ssh command line:

e.g. : ssh username@login.cx1.hpc.ic.ac.uk

If you are Windows users, you have to use a ssh client in order to connect to HPC. There are quite a few available online for free such as PuTTY, OpenSSH, MobaXterm …. Winscp has been recommended to me: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction

Another option is: http://www.cc.uoa.gr/fileadmin/cc.uoa.gr/uploads/files/software/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe

An example for using PuTTY and MobaXterm will be demonstrated below:

PuTTY

- Go to : http://chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html to download the latest version of the software. Choose to download the file putty.exe (make sure you allow authentication for your firewall/Anti-virus to run the file) to a destination on your PC.

- Run putty.exe. There will be a promt:

- In the Host Name (or IP address) box, type login.cx1.hpc.ic.ac.uk and press Open. It will open a terminal and a dialogue box:

- Click on Yes to continue. - In the terminal window, key in your username in the space after ‘ login as ‘ and Enter. You will be required to type in your password in order to login in the next line:

- Press Enter after your password and you will be connected to HPC.

MobaXterm

- Go to :https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/[1] to download the latest version of the software. Choose 'Get MobaXterm Now' to download the program to a destination on your PC.

-Ensure that you select the 'Home Edition' version

-Once installed, open the program and select 'start local terminal' to begin a session