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Standard Terminal Setup

Prerequisite

First time setup

The login process can be simplified significantly with a few easy configurations.

  1. In a new local terminal run; mkdir -p ~/.ssh/sockets this will create a hidden file in your home directory to store socket configurations.

  2. Open your ssh config file with nano ~/.ssh/config and add the following (replacing username with your username):

    Host mahuika
       User username
       Hostname login.mahuika.nesi.org.nz
       ProxyCommand ssh -W %h:%p lander
       ForwardX11 yes
       ForwardX11Trusted yes
       ServerAliveInterval 300
       ServerAliveCountMax 2
    
    Host maui
       User username
       Hostname login.maui.nesi.org.nz
       ProxyCommand ssh -W %h:%p lander
       ForwardX11 yes
       ForwardX11Trusted yes
       ServerAliveInterval 300
       ServerAliveCountMax 2
    
    Host lander
       User username
       HostName lander.nesi.org.nz
       ForwardX11 yes
       ForwardX11Trusted yes
       ServerAliveInterval 300
       ServerAliveCountMax 2
    
    Host *
        ControlMaster auto
        ControlPath ~/.ssh/sockets/ssh_mux_%h_%p_%r
        ControlPersist 1
    

    Close and save with ctrl x, y, Enter

  3. Ensure the permissions are correct by running chmod 600 ~/.ssh/config.

Usage

Assuming you have followed the setup above you will be able to connect to the clusters directly using;

ssh mahuika

or

ssh maui

Subsequent local terminals opened will be able to scp files without having to re-enter authentication e.g.

scp <path/filename> mahuika:~/

For more info visit data transfer.

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