editor: Eddy Timmer

Prerequisites

• Running vm in Research Cloud.
• OpenSSH key Public and private.
• SSH Client. (like. putty)

Access a VM with SSH

Access with SSH is only needed if you like to connect direct to your server.  SSH access to a vm is only possible by OpenSSH Key.

To access the VM you need to follow the following 3 steps:

1. Add public key into SRAM.
   This will set your public key into your profile 
2. Access the VM with SSH

Add public key into SRAM.

For login into your vm you have to add your public SSH key into you account.

1. Open the SRAM page : https://sbs.sram.surf.nl/home
2. In the right top click on the  button to login.
3. Enter your mail address to be redirect to your SSO login page.
   
4. Once you logged click on the 'Profile' button next to the Home.
   
5. In the SSH public key enter you public key from you local public key file or brows to the file by clicking on the 'File import' button.
6. Make sure you key is added into the line.
   
7. Click  at the bottom of the page.
8. The update of the public key can take up to 15 min to replicate.

Access the VM with SSH