Using SSH or SFTP [Deprecated]¶
Warning
Users are encouraged to use the other data access mechanism using S3 protocol.
The easiest way to access your home directory and data remotely is using either SSH access or SFTP. The connection details are:
File protocol: SSH or SFTP
Host name: imaxtgw.ast.cam.ac.uk
Username: You archive username
Password: Your archive password
From the commnad line you can connect then using either of the following commands (replacing username with your archive username).
# For SSH
ssh username@imaxtgw.ast.cam.ac.uk
# For SFTP
sftp username@imaxtgw.ast.cam.ac.uk
This will prompt for your password and on successful authentication present you with a prompt.
The default location on the remote server is your home directory (/home/username). This is
the same as the home directory in your Notebook instance so you would have access to all
your notebooks and scripts.
In order to upload data, use the directory /storage/username.
Useful commands when using sftp are:
pwd shows the current location on the remote server
cd /storage/username changes the remote location to
/storage/usernamels lists the contents of the remote directory
get download file
put upload file
put -r localdir upload a directory
help print a list of commands
quit quit sftp
You can also transfer data using SCP, e.g.:
scp *.tiff username@imaxtgw.ast.cam.ac.uk:/storage/username/images/
