= [wiki:GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/PortalSimpleLayer2Example Getting Started with GENI using the GENI Portal] =
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- Once you are logged in, click on the Profile page.
- On the Profile page in the SSH Keys section, select generate and download an SSH keypair button.
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- Enter a passphrase twice, then press Generate SSH private key.
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- Now, press the Download Private Key button
- Open a terminal and execute
chmod 600 ~/Downloads/id_geni_ssh_rsa and then ssh-add ~/Downloads/id_geni_ssh_rsa . Later in the tutorial, this will allow you to log into your nodes securely without a password.
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== 3. Join a Project ==
In order to use the portal to reserve resources, you must join a project. We have created a project for this tutorial.
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