How to Login to Tufts HPC Cluster
Info
- VPN
- Non-Tufts Network please connect to Tufts VPN
- 2FA
- Tufts Network (not needed for OnDemand
- FastX11 from old OnDemand
- SSH
- The SSH protocol aka Secure Shell is a method for secure remote login from one computer to another.
- X Window System (X11)
- The X Window System (X11) is an open source, cross platform, client-server computer software system that provides a GUI in a distributed network environment.
- Login Info
- login.cluster.tufts.edu
Terminal
-
Shell environment (default: bash):
$ ssh your_utln@login.cluster.tufts.edu
With GUI (Graphical User Interface):
$ ssh -XC your_utln@login.cluster.tufts.edu
or
$ ssh -YC your_utln@login.cluster.tufts.edu
X Window System need to be locally installed.
Now you are on a Login Node of the cluster (login-prod-0x) and in your Home Directory (~).
$ [your_utln@login-prod-03 ~]
-
Setting up SSH keyless access
OnDemand Web Interface
https://ondemand.pax.tufts.edu
Use your Tufts UTLN and password to login.
Clusters
, you can start a shell access to the HPC cluster.
Tufts HPC Shell Access
= $ ssh your_utln@login.cluster.tufts.edu
OR
Use the >_Open in Terminal
button in Files
to open a terminal in whichever directory you navigated to.
If you need X11 access through OnDemand to display any GUI applications, please temporarily use our Old OnDemand https://ondemand.cluster.tufts.edu Clusters
for this option:
Tufts HPC FastX11 Shell Access
= $ ssh -XC your_utln@login.cluster.tufts.edu
(with X11 for GUI applications)
OR
You also have the option to use the Xfce Terminal
under new OnDemand Interactive Apps
.