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Latest revision as of 10:02, 27 January 2022
Contents
Basic login
Start MobaXterm and create a session |
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Select an SSH session and enter the Euler hostname (euler.ethz.ch) This session is saved automatically under the hostname. |
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Enter your ETH account username and password |
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Upon a successful login, you can see the welcome banner and links to this Wiki, Smartdesk and cluster support |
Session settings
Edit session |
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You can specify username and session name |
SSH keys
Create SSH keys
Start MobaKeyGen |
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Select ed25519 algorithm and generate SSH keys |
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Enter a passphrase, and save the public key (optional) and the public key (compulsory) |
Add the private key to a session
Edit session |
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Enable using private key and select the private key file |
Copy the public key to the cluster
Log in to the cluster and open the file $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys with a text editor This file should have the reading and writing permission only for you, the owner of the file (-rw-------). Otherwise, you can change the permission with the command chmod 600 $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys |
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Copy the public key to the file $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on the cluster The next time you start the session, enter the passphrase to log in to the cluster |
Add SSH key to MobAgent for auto login
Go to Configuration |
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Enable Use internal SSH agent "MobAgent" and Forward SSH agents Click the plus sign to select the private key |
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Restart MobaXterm to apply the modifications. |
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Enter the passphrase at the start of MobaXterm Then, you can start an SSH session without entering password or passphrase |