Accessing the System
How to Request Access
Illinois HTC is a free resource for Illinois researchers. Request access to the system by completing the Illinois HTC access request form (sign into Google Forms with your Google Apps @ Illinois account).
After you submit the form, the Illinois HTC admin team will review your request and follow up with you via email.
How to Log into the System
After you have been granted access to the system, log in via SSH. Replace <NetID> with your Illinois NetID.
ssh <NetID>@htc-login.campuscluster.illinois.edu
Enter your NetID password, when prompted.
Note
Logging in to Illinois HTC now requires multi-factor authentication (MFA) with Duo. After you enter your NetID password, you will be prompted to authenticate with your University of Illinois Duo account.
Generally, Unix/Linux based systems have an SSH client by default, however desktops/laptops running versions of Windows prior to Windows 10 version 1803 do not. There is third party software available for Windows users to access the Campus Cluster. Please see this non-exhaustive list of SSH Clients clients that can be used to access the Campus Cluster.
User-generated SSH keys are not allowed. Multi-factor authentication with your University of Illinois Duo account is required. If you have any questions, please submit a support request.
SSH Clients
A variety of SSH-based clients are available for accessing the Campus Cluster from your local system. There are two types of SSH clients, clients that support both remote login access and data transfers, and clients that support data transfers only.
SSH Client |
Remote Login |
Data Transfer |
Installs On |
|---|---|---|---|
MobaXterm is an enhanced terminal with an X server and a set of Unix commands (GNU/Cygwin) packaged in the application. |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows |
Tunnelier is a flexible SSH client which includes terminal emulation, graphical as well as command-line sftp support, and ftp-to-sftp bridge, additional tunneling features including dynamic port forwarding through integrated proxy. |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows |
PuTTY is an open source terminal emulator application which can act as a client for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols and as a serial console client. |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Linux Mac OS |
FileZilla is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS, and sftp client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. |
No |
Yes |
Windows Linux Mac OS |
WinSCP is an open source free sftp client, FTPS client, and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local computer and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality. |
No |
Yes |
Windows |