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SSH Clients

Overview​

To interact with the supercomputer, users typically employ a terminal interface through a command-line or SSH client installed on their local workstation. Once connected, you can submit unattended jobs--tasks executed autonomously on the supercomputer without the need for continuous user interaction or maintaining an active session.

Examples​

Connect via SSH​

ssh -X asurite@sol.asu.edu
info

Replace asurite with your own ASURITE username. Use -X to allow windowed (point-and-click) applications to open on your workstation desktop.

Here are some examples connecting with some of the more readily-available terminal clients.

PuTTY (Windows)​

  • Straightforward and lightweight: PuTTY.

    Use PuTTY to connect to supercomputer with your ASURITE login and password

PuTTY Configuration Screenshot 1
Enter in the hostname and use port 22.

For convenience, give this session a memorable name in the "Saved Sessions" field. You can then save these settings for later, and easily load it again with the Load button.

PuTTY Configuration Screenshot 2

Powershell (Windows 11)​

  • Powershell bundled with the operating system can be used with the above connection command.

WSL: Windows Subsystem for Linux (Windows)​

  • The ssh client that is included with the Windows Subsystem for Linux does not work with the Cisco VPN Client and is therefore unsupported.

Terminal (MacOS)​

A simple tutorial on how to use the built-in SSH client on all MacOS versions can be found here: How To Use SSH on Mac OS X

Linux​

Virtually every Linux distributions include an SSH client, and all are expected to work without issue.