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=== First Login ===
 
=== First Login ===
 
==== Temporary Password Change ====
 
==== Temporary Password Change ====
All PMACS accounts are provisioned with a temporary password. Before you can log into the PMACS cluster for the first time, you will need to change this temporary password. This needs to be done '''only once'''. Please do not try to log into the server after changing your temporary password.  
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All PMACS accounts are provisioned with a temporary password. Before you can log into the PMACS cluster for the first time, you will need to change this temporary password. This needs to be done '''only once'''. Change of the temporary password and enrollment into the PMACS password reset system can be done [https://reset.pmacs.upenn.edu here]
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Please do not try to log into the server after changing your temporary password.  
 
* Connect to '''leghorn.pmacs.upenn.edu''' via a Remote Desktop Client  
 
* Connect to '''leghorn.pmacs.upenn.edu''' via a Remote Desktop Client  
 
** Windows 7/Vista users: click Start and search for "Remote Desktop Client"
 
** Windows 7/Vista users: click Start and search for "Remote Desktop Client"
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* After successfully changing your password, you can exit your Remote Desktop session
 
* After successfully changing your password, you can exit your Remote Desktop session
  
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==== Enrollment into the PMACS Password Reset system ====  
 
All PMACS account passwords are set to expire every 180 days. To avoid your password from expiring and possibly preventing access to the PMACS cluster, all cluster users are encouraged to enroll into the reset system. The password reset application can be access [https://reset.pmacs.upenn.edu here]. Once enrolled, this system will also allow you to recover forgotten PMACS passwords and reset known/expired PMACS passwords.
 
All PMACS account passwords are set to expire every 180 days. To avoid your password from expiring and possibly preventing access to the PMACS cluster, all cluster users are encouraged to enroll into the reset system. The password reset application can be access [https://reset.pmacs.upenn.edu here]. Once enrolled, this system will also allow you to recover forgotten PMACS passwords and reset known/expired PMACS passwords.
  

Revision as of 19:05, 2 April 2014

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Connecting to the PMACS Cluster

Currently, secure shell (SSH) is the only supported method of connecting to the cluster. The login machine name is consign.pmacs.upenn.edu You should probably add "ServerKeepAliveInterval 60" to your SSH client's configuration.

After your account is created, you can connect using your PMACS credentials.

Important Host/Server Names

  • consign.pmacs.upenn.edu : head node/login server
  • mercury.pmacs.upenn.edu : file transfer server
  • leghorn.pmacs.upenn.edu : temporary password change server
  • PMACS VPN

First Login

Temporary Password Change

All PMACS accounts are provisioned with a temporary password. Before you can log into the PMACS cluster for the first time, you will need to change this temporary password. This needs to be done only once. Change of the temporary password and enrollment into the PMACS password reset system can be done here

Enrollment into the PMACS Password Reset system

All PMACS account passwords are set to expire every 180 days. To avoid your password from expiring and possibly preventing access to the PMACS cluster, all cluster users are encouraged to enroll into the reset system. The password reset application can be access here. Once enrolled, this system will also allow you to recover forgotten PMACS passwords and reset known/expired PMACS passwords.

Initialize your home area

  • With the newly changed password log into the file transfer host: mercury.pmacs.upenn.edu
  ssh <your_user_name>@mercury.pmacs.upenn.edu

Remember to replace <your_user_name> above with your PennKey username

  • Upon login, you will see a message similar to
 
 Creating home directory for <user_name>
  • You are now ready to start using the PMACS HPC cluster :
 
  ssh <your_user_name>@consign.pmacs.upenn.edu

Remember to replace <your_user_name> above with your PennKey username.

Please look at the PMACS HPC Users Guide for information on how to run jobs on the PMACS cluster.