Cayuga Cluster
This is a private cluster, accessible to only users in cayuga_xxxx projects.
Access to the Cayuga cluster is restricted to connections from the Cornell Ithaca or Weill VPNs.Setting up your Access
In order to login to the cayuga cluster, we presume you have received a "Welcome" e-mail that has pointed you to this website.
The following steps will guide you to gain access to the cayuga cluster via keys starting with the 'Credentials for CAC Services' section. You will NOT use a password to login to this cluster, only your key. This key will be created within the next steps. (Therefore, bypass the section 'CAC Account Password'). Be sure to complete each step one time for initial access starting with the 'Globus Sub' registration.We suggest you may want to Open the setup of credentials URL as listed below in a separate browser window in order to keep following these instructions as you go through the steps: CAC Credentials for CAC Services
Instructions for setup to access the cayuga cluster start here
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Bypassing the section 'CAC Account Password', scroll down to Credentials for CAC Services and Click on Globus Sub
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Select Weill Cornell Medical College OR Cornell University
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Login using your CWID or NetID (based on your previous selection, you will be redirected to either the 'WCM' or 'CU' Web Login page.
If you have never setup globus with your account, you will get three prompts/screens:
Continue
Check the box and Continue
Allow
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Select the Weill ID or Cornell NetID button (based on previous choice)
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Click on Generate ssh key pair ** This will generate and register an SSH key for accessing the cayuga cluster.
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Copy the SSH Private Key (click on the copy button) to your computer(s) into a keyfile-private-file (name the file whatever you would like). You will use this keyfile-private-file to access cayuga-login1.cac.cornell.edu.
- Move the keyfile-private-file into your homedir/.ssh directory on your personal computer (If you do not have a ~/.ssh directory: mkdir .ssh; chmod 700 .ssh) Your permissions must be read-write (600) only for keyfile-private-file and read-write-execute (700) for the .ssh directory or you will not have success in using it to access cayuga-login1 (chmod 600 ~/.ssh/keyfile-private-key)
Connect to the Cayuga Cluster
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connect to either the Weill or Cornell Ithaca VPN using one of these reference links: (required)
Site OpSys Reference Link Weill Windows https://wcmcprd.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0012185 Weill Mac https://wcmcprd.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0012172 Ithaca Windows https://it.cornell.edu/cuvpn/connect-windows-cu-vpn Ithaca Mac https://it.cornell.edu/cuvpn/connect-mac-cu-vpn -
ssh -i <keyfile-private-file> <cwid>@cayuga-login1.cac.cornell.edu