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  1. Open the SRAM page : https://sbs.sram.surf.nl/home
  2. In the top right click on the "Login" button to login.
  3. Enter your mail address to be redirected to your SSO login page. (Depending on your institute and identity provider this page can be different for different users)
  4. Once you are logged in, click on the downward arrow next to your name in the top right of the page. Select the "Profile" menu item.
  5. In the SSH public key field, you can enter your public key from your local public key file. We recommend to use the file upload button for this in order to prevent copy-paste errors. (See the illustration below.)
  6. Click the "Update" button at the bottom of the page.
  7. The update of the public key can take up to 5 min to take effect in Research Cloud.

Putting your private key in your SRAM-profile

Access the workspace with your SSH-client

There are several ssh clients to access your workspace and you can use the one you like as long as it supports public keys.

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On a Mac the SSH command is also available by default.

Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019

If your local computer runs Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019, SSH is supported, too.Please refer to these Microsoft page to use SSH on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019

Use a Powershell terminal to issue ssh commands.

You can generate a private/public keypair with:



ssh-keygen

(Just use all the defaults by hitting enter, or do enter a passphras if you wish.)


You log in with:


ssh <ResearchCloud username>@<workspace ip address>



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titleMore info on ssh on Windows

If you want to read more on ssh on Windows you can check here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_keymanagement

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Mind you, you only have to install and configure the SSH client.

In the case of Research Cloud, the "server" is the workspace you will log in to and SSH is already installed, there.

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Older Windows versions

If you are running older versions of Windows, we recommend GitHub Desktop or MobaXterm.

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