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   - [[https://users.chpc.ac.za/vpn/|Configure and download]] your unique VPN profile, then connect to the CHPC VPN.   - [[https://users.chpc.ac.za/vpn/|Configure and download]] your unique VPN profile, then connect to the CHPC VPN.
   - Create your SSH keys (if none exist) and copy the contents of public key to a text file.   - Create your SSH keys (if none exist) and copy the contents of public key to a text file.
-  - Load the contents of the public key file onto the cluster through the [[http://https://users.chpc.ac.za/ssh-user/|ssh-keys management page]] on the user portal.+  - Load the contents of the public key file onto the cluster through the [[https://users.chpc.ac.za/ssh-user/|ssh-keys management page]] on the user portal.
   - SSH to Lengau using your CHPC username.  If you have not loaded the keys at the previous step, you will be prompted to do so now at the login prompt.   - SSH to Lengau using your CHPC username.  If you have not loaded the keys at the previous step, you will be prompted to do so now at the login prompt.
  
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   - It is very easy to generate the key pair from a command line.  Using the menu interface in a GUI-based application is slightly more complicated.   - It is very easy to generate the key pair from a command line.  Using the menu interface in a GUI-based application is slightly more complicated.
   - Once you have an appropriate key pair, you can use the same private key on different workstations, different operating systems and different ssh clients - it is simply a matter of providing the client with the appropriate key.     - Once you have an appropriate key pair, you can use the same private key on different workstations, different operating systems and different ssh clients - it is simply a matter of providing the client with the appropriate key.  
-  - Commandline ssh clients generally store the keys in the $HOME/.ssh directory or its equivalent +  - Command-line ssh clients generally store the keys in the $HOME/.ssh directory or its equivalent. 
-  - ssh clients with GUIs, such as MobaXterm or BitVise, need to be configured appropriately +  - ssh clients with GUIs, such as MobaXterm or BitVise, need to be configured appropriately (free versions are fine). 
-  - Windows users can choose from a wide range of ssh clients.  CHPC staff members prefer MobaXterm and prefer not to support WinSCP.  If you need software that can offer more powerful menu-based file transfers as well as a command line terminal, consider BitVise.+  - Windows users can choose from a wide range of ssh clients.  CHPC staff members prefer MobaXterm and prefer not to support PuTTY or WinSCP.  If you need software that can offer more powerful menu-based file transfers as well as a command line terminal, consider BitVise.
   - In Unix-like operating systems like Linux or Cygwin, the permissions of the key files and authorized_keys are important.  The user must have read and write access to these files and there must be no other permissions.  The permission of a file such as authorized_keys can be set correctly with ''chmod 0600 authorized_keys''.    - In Unix-like operating systems like Linux or Cygwin, the permissions of the key files and authorized_keys are important.  The user must have read and write access to these files and there must be no other permissions.  The permission of a file such as authorized_keys can be set correctly with ''chmod 0600 authorized_keys''. 
  
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 ==== Video tutorial for Windows users ==== ==== Video tutorial for Windows users ====
-The MobaXterm command line method illustrated in [[https://youtu.be/i70Bq72Cw2g|this video]] is nearly identical to the method used for Linux and MacOS.+The MobaXterm command line method illustrated in [[https://youtu.be/Fq6xT-KjlQ0|this video]] is nearly identical to the method used for Linux and MacOS.
  
  
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