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The instructions below assume that you already have an user account in AgResearch Active Directory and your password is not temporartemporary. Also, that you are on the AgResearch local network (LAN) when attempting to connect. Further, one would need to be a member of a project in order to have access to both a project (data/storage) folder as well as a scratch (compute) folder.
To connect your local machine to the eRI cluster a Secure Shell (SSH) connection needs to be established. If you are using a Unix-like operating system like MacOS or Linux this can be achieved simply using the inbuilt terminal. Windows users must make use of an SSH client (e.g. WSL, PuTTY, MobaXterm).
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First copy the following SSH host configs. You can rename the login nodes I've named them eri-X as their true hostnames are generic
login-X:
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Login to one of the eri login nodes with passwd password provided by platforms and I recommend adding your personal pubkey auth to avoid passwords altoghether, eg from Mahuika:
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