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This page describes how to login to hosts that you have reserved through the GENI AM API.
Login to GENI hosts
When you reserve nodes through the [ http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GeniApi GENI AM API], you can login to your nodes using `ssh`. You get access to reserved hosts only through ssh keys. This page will give you some useful tips about how to login to your nodes.
In order to login to your nodes you need the following things:
- an ssh client
- your login name
- your ssh key
SSH Client
Depending on which OS you are using there are different ssh client options.
Linux/Mac OS
All linux and Mac distributions come with a built-in ssh client, just open a Terminal and type ssh, you should get the usage for the ssh command.
Windows OS
There are multiple windows ssh clients. A list of some popular ones can be found here. Some commonly used options are:
- Cygwin: a complete Linux-type environment that also includes an ssh client. If you have already installed cygwin on your host then you should just run it and follow the instructions for Linux for the rest of the instructions
- Putty: a lightweight free ssh client. Note: If you are using Putty you will also need to download puttygen to convert your private key to putty's format.
Get your Login name
In order to figure out your login name the best way is to use the status command of the GENI AM API. Depending of which tool you used to reserve the resources you can get this information in different ways.
Using Flack
If you are using Flack for building your experiment then in order to get the login name you need to load your slice in Flack and press on the (i) icon that is next to the node.
Using Omni
Other tools
Get a copy of your ssh key
Omni Reserved Hosts
If you have reserved your nodes using Omni, you can use command-line ssh to login to your hosts. Omni comes with a script that will give you the exact ssh command you need to use to login to your nodes. To do this you need to be at the host that you used Omni to reserve your hosts and follow these steps:
- add omni to your PYTHONPATH
- run the script
Flack Reserved Hosts
Using other tools
Troubleshoot/Useful tips
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