faq-remote-access-to-linux-computers.md
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## SSH
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+### Reqest External SSH Access
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Please email <help@sbgrid.org> to request access to external SSH. If
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we detect that you haven’t used your external SSH in 3 months, we’ll
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disable your external SSH access. You’ll still be able to login
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locally and SSH from your workstation in the Lab to others systems
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that we manage for you.
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+### Overview
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SSH can be used for remote command-line access to your laboratory computers from
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home and other sites, as well as for running graphical programs (depending on
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your local operating system).
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connect through gateway to another workstation and run your jobs there (for
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exceptions see Table I).
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+### How To SSH
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ssh to:
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* crystal.harvard.edu
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Please note that external SSH access is deactivated by default. Please contact
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[help@sbgrid.org](mailto:help@sbgrid.org?Subject=Enable_ssh_access) to request remote access for your account.
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-## Table I
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+## SSH Gateways
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SSH Gateways are enabled in some of the CMCD laboratories. That means if you are outside of the Lab you can SSH to your lab's network using the SSH hosts listed below:
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If your site is not included on this list please contact us for further info about remote access.
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-HMS, CHB, & DFCI Labs: ssh to crystal.harvard.edu. You cannot run jobs on the gateway host and must ssh to your computer nodes to run jobs.
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-MCB Lab: ssh to galactica.mcb.harvard.edu. You can run jobs on the gateway or on orthus.
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+### HMS, CHB, & DFCI Labs:
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+ssh to crystal.harvard.edu. You cannot run jobs on the gateway host and must ssh to your computer nodes to run jobs.
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+ssh to galactica.mcb.harvard.edu. You can run jobs on the gateway or on orthus.
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**MCB**: You cannot ssh to galactica.mcb.harvard.edu if you are inside the MCB or Harvard University network. Instead ssh directly to the system you need to access.
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