Connecting to the GWDG HPC Cluster

Usage Instructions

Initial Connection

1. Write a ticket that you need access to the HPC cluster of the GWDG.
2. You will get an email with your username and a link to the project you were added to.
3. Create an SSH key. For this, follow the following instructions.
4. Upload the public key to you the GWDG Academic Cloud. The instructions can be found here.
5. For convenience, create an SSH config file (~/.ssh/config), with the following content:

   Host jumphost
    Hostname glogin.hpc.gwdg.de
    User USERNAME_FROM_YOUR_EMAIL
    IdentityFile PATH_TO_YOUR_CREATED_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE
   
   Host SCC
    Hostname login-mdc.hpc.gwdg.de
    User USERNAME_FROM_YOUR_EMAIL
    IdentityFile PATH_TO_YOUR_CREATED_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE
    ProxyJump jumphost
   

6. Connect to the HPC cluster with ssh SCC. The SSH Key Fingerprint can be found here.