Login to Big Red using MyProxy

Step 1: Login to Bridge system, NCSA Mercury for example

First login to a bridge system such as NCSA's Mercury. Open an SSH client window and click on Quick Connect. Use login-hg.ncsa.teragrid.org as the hostname and your username to connect.

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Step 2: Get Proxy using myproxy-logon

Note:From now on, we will just show the command line on the SSH window!

Use the myproxy-logon command, enter your default TeraGrid user portal password, that you received with your password sheet. That will get you a temporary proxy from the TeraGrid MyProxy server to be stored on your home directory. 

 tg-login1 ncsa/ag> myproxy-logon -T
 Enter MyProxy pass phrase:
 A credential has been received for user ag in  . . .
 Trust roots have been installed in /home/ncsa/ . . .
 tg-login1 ncsa/agopu>

Step 3: Use gsissh to logon to Big Red using the proxy

Use the proxy you just created to login to Big Red. 

 tg-login1 ncsa/agopu> gsissh login.bigred.iu.teragrid.org
 *****************************************************
 Welcome to Indiana University's Big Red Cluster
    . . .
    . . .
 Please report problems to . . .
 *****************************************************
 ag@BigRed:~>
Note that the proxy, you created in step (1), can be used, in the exact same way, to login to any other TeraGrid resource that you have an account on!