[[PageOutline]] 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell `ssh`]. You get access to reserved hosts only through [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSH_Keys 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: 1. an '''ssh client''' 2. your '''login name''', and the '''hostname''' 3. 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_SSH_clients here]. Some commonly used options are: * [http://www.cygwin.com/ 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 * [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ 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 and Host names == In order to figure out your login name the best way is to use the [wiki:GAPI_AM_API_V3#Status 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 [http://www.protogeni.netFlack 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. [[Image(pc-info.png)]]. On the top of the information window it has a field that says `Username`, and `Hostname`. '''Note:''' If you are on a Mac computer then you can directly use the 'SSH' button that is on the top on the information pane for the host. ==== Using Omni ==== If you are using Omni, then you can run the `sliverstatus` command and get back a text output. If you search within that output you should find a field about the hostname and one about the login. If you are trying to ssh to your hosts from the same machine that you used to reserve your hosts then you can use a script that comes with Omni and you can directly skip to [ this section]. ==== Other tools ==== If you used another tool to reserve your resources, then you should figure out how to get the output of the sliverstatus command. If you can't figure this out please send us an [mailto:help@geni.net email] and let us which tool you used to reserve your resources. == Get a copy of your ssh key == When you reserve your resources, the tool that you use for the reservation also installs one or more public keys on the hosts so that you can get ssh access to the compute resources. In order to ssh to the machines you will need to get a copy of the private ssh key that correspond to the installed public keys. As before how to get a copy of the needed ssh key depends on the specific tool. ==== Using Flack ==== Flack has a list of ssh keys that it uploads to nodes during the reservation. After you login to flack, on the left pane there should be a button with your login name. [[Image(user-info.png)]] If you click on that you will get a window that has different tabs. One of the tabs says `SSH Keys`. [[Image(sshkey-info.png)]] In the information that will appear on the left pane there should be a private key. Press to the `Save to File` option and save it in your computer. '''Note:''' If you are on a Mac computer then you can directly use the 'SSH' button that is on the top on the information pane for the host. After you save your private key to a file. If you ==== Using Omni ==== If you made your reservation with Omni then you will need to access the host where your Omni is installed to get a copy of your SSH Key. If you use the host that has Omni installed to ssh to your nodes then you skip to [ these instructions]. ==== Other tools ==== == Managing SSH keys on Linux, Mac hosts == == Omni Reserved Hosts == If you have reserved your nodes using [http://trac.gpolab.bbn.com/gcf/wiki/Omni 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 =