{"id":194,"date":"2020-08-10T15:12:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T14:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T10:28:24","slug":"connecting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/getting-started\/connecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Logging in to CSF4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You must use a <em>Secure Shell<\/em> (ssh) program to login to:<\/p>\n<pre>csf4.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>This requires your <em>central IT username<\/em> <strong>and<\/strong> <em>central IT password<\/em> (the same as used for email).<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to run GUI programs on the CSF, for example the simple text-editor <code>gedit<\/code> (useful for writing jobscripts) or more complex apps such as <code>VMD<\/code> (a molecular viz app) then you will need to log in with <em>X11 enabled<\/em>:<\/p>\n<pre># If logging in using MobaXterm this is all taken care of by default\r\nssh <em>username<\/em>@csf4.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\r\n\r\n# If logging in on MacOS first install XQuartz (and reboot) then add the -Y flag:\r\nssh -Y <em>username<\/em>@csf4.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\r\n     #\r\n     # UPPERcase Y\r\n\r\n# If logging in on Linux no installs are usually necessary, just add the -X flag:\r\nssh -X <em>username<\/em>@csf4.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\r\n     #\r\n     # UPPERcase X\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>If unfamiliar with SSH apps, please see our notes on installing and running an SSH program for your particular platform:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/csf4\/getting-started\/connecting\/windows\/\">Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/csf4\/getting-started\/connecting\/linux-mac\/\">Mac or Linux<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Having Problems Logging In?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"warning\">\n<strong>Can&#8217;t Login &#8211; &#8220;Connection refused&#8221; Message?<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/faqs\/user-faq\/#ufaq0104a\">this CSF3 FAQ entry<\/a> (the answer is also valid for CSF4 logins.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can&#8217;t Login &#8211; &#8220;Account Locked&#8221; Message?<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease see <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/faqs\/user-faq\/#locked\">this CSF3 FAQ entry<\/a> (the answer is also valid for CSF4 logins.)\n<\/div>\n<h2>Off-campus Access<\/h2>\n<p>Please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/restricted\/offcampus\/\">dedicated guide<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--\n\n\n<table class=\"note-wide\">\n\n\n<tbody>\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td><strong>June 2023:<\/strong> As part of the University's response to the cyber incident, off-campus access is not currently available. For more information, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/cyber-incident\">https:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/cyber-incident<\/a>.<\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n<\/tbody>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n--><br \/>\n<!--\nFor security, the CSF is not <em>directly<\/em> accessible from off-campus. It <em>can<\/em> be accessed from off-campus by running the University's GlobalProtect VPN software on your home PC\/laptop before using the above ssh command. However, we are aware of access problems with some Internet Service Providers. This is not a problem with the CSF or GlobalProtect. Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/wfh\">Working From Home<\/a> page for more information.\n\nWe also provide a <a href=\"http:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/virtual-desktop-service\/x2go\/\">Virtual Linux Desktop gateway<\/a> which might help if your home internet connection is unstable or you wish to work from different locations. You will still require GlobalProtect to use this service. Please request an account there if you don't have one (CSF users do NOT automatically have accounts here).\n--><\/p>\n<h2>Logging Out<\/h2>\n<p>Once you have finished using the system you should logout (so as not to waste system resources and also for security reasons). Note that you do not need to be logged in for your jobs to run once you have submitted them to the <a href=\"\/csf4\/batch\/\">batch system<\/a>. You can log out by using either of the following commands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>logout<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>exit <\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You must use a Secure Shell (ssh) program to login to: csf4.itservices.manchester.ac.uk This requires your central IT username and central IT password (the same as used for email). If you wish to run GUI programs on the CSF, for example the simple text-editor gedit (useful for writing jobscripts) or more complex apps such as VMD (a molecular viz app) then you will need to log in with X11 enabled: # If logging in using MobaXterm.. <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/getting-started\/connecting\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1361,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/1361"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}