Uploading Your Public SSH Key
- ACCESS
To login to a Resource Provider (RP), you will likely need to upload or copy your public SSH key to the RP. (Note: a few RPs support ssh via username and passwords in which case, uploading an ssh key is not required). RPs support different methods for uploading your public SSH key.
In the following, we present a high-level overview of the various approaches RPs support for uploading public SSH keys. Ultimately, your public SSH key needs to be added to a file of authorized keys (usually the file named ~/.ssh/authorized_keys) on the RP machine. (Note: Complete information about logging into each RP – including instructions to upload your public SSH key – can be found in the Logging in to Resource Providers page).
Upload Approaches
Upload via an RP's Open-On-Demand Server: If the RP operates an Open-On-Demand service, users can login to the RP’s Open-On-Demand web server with their ACCESS user ID and password. Using the Open-On-Demand web interface, they can launch a terminal window (in their browser) that is logged into one of the RPs login nodes. They can then cut/paste their public key into the terminal window to place their public key in the .ssh/authorized_keys file on the RP’s login node.
Upload via the ACCESS ID Management system: Users can login to the ACCESS ID Management web service using their ACCESS user ID and password. The ACCESS ID Management Web Service allows users to upload their public key which will be saved by ACCESS (in CoManage) and can be requested (pulled in) by RPs when enabling a user's account (e.g., when the RP sets up a user’s allocation).
More detailed instructions:
Upload via the RP’s upload service (using your ACCESS ID): Some RP’s have their own RP-specific web server that users can login to with their ACCESS ID and password and use features of the RP’s web site to upload their public key.
Upload via the RP’s upload service (using your RP ID): Some RP’s have their own RP-specific web server that users can login to with the RP ID and password they were given by the RP, and can then use features of the RP’s web site to upload their public key.
Upload via email: Some RPs ask that you email your public key to them.