GEOFONcloud¶

Getting an account¶

Send your username and SSH public key to cloud admin. Username should normally be the same as your GFZ login or local account name. To generate a new SSH key (if needed), use:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519

and send the resulting id_ed25519.pub file. Make sure that nobody except you has access to the private key (without .pub extension). The key can be optionally protected by a passphrase for more safety.

Logging into the container¶

Use ssh _username_@geofoncloud.gfz-potsdam.de.

_username_@ is optional if it matches the username on the local machine.

To run graphical programs via X11 forwarding, use:

ssh -XC -J _username_@geofoncloud.gfz-potsdam.de _username_@172.17.0.X

where 172.17.0.X is the address of eth0 within the container as shown by ifconfig eth0.

Using the container¶

Use the container as a normal Linux machine, but don't store important data in the container! Everything except /data and /nfs is temporary space and will be lost when the container is removed or recreated (eg., to use updated image).

Feedback¶

Let us know about additional software that should be included in the image.