How-To: Login to Hellbender

SSH, Terminal Emulators, and Public Key Authentication are the three methods that can be used to login to Hellbender.

There are three login options:

1. Terminal using SSH and UM system password (Linux & Mac)
2. Terminal Emulator (such as MobaXterm) using SSH and UM system password (Windows)
3. SSH Public Keypair

NOTE: External (Non-UM System) and UM Health users can only use Public Key Authentication.

Logging in places you onto the login node.  Under no circumstances should you run your code on the login node. If you are submitting a batch file, then your job will be redirected to a compute node. However, if you are attempting to use a GUI, ensure that you do not run your session on the login node (Example: username@hellbender-login-p1). To ensure your job does not run on the login node, use an interactive session such as:

salloc --time=1:00:00 –x11

Open OnDemand can also be used to be directed to a compute node to run your software.

 

SSH Terminal (Linux & Mac)

1. Open a terminal and type:

ssh sso@hellbender-login.rnet.missouri.edu 

(Replace sso with your pawprint.)

2. Enter your SSO password.

 

MobaXTerm/Terminal Emulator (Windows)
For Windows users, we recommend using MobaXterm. See How To Access Hellbender Command Line. Powershell, WSL, git bash, and putty are other available terminal emulator options. 

1. Open a terminal emulator and type:

ssh sso@hellbender.rnet.missouri.edu 

(Replace sso with your pawprint.)

2. Enter your SSO password.

 

Public Key Authentication
Our off-campus logins use public key authentication only. Password authentication is only available for off-campus logins using the campus VPN. Setup your computer to use public key authentication:

1. Generate your public key.

2. Send your public key to itrss@missouri.edu.

3. You'll receive a confirmation your client has been setup to use your key.

Login with Public Key Authentication

1. Open a terminal emulator and type:

ssh sso@hellbender-login.rnet.missouri.edu 

(Replace sso with your pawprint.)

2. Enter your secure passphrase that was established when you created your public authentication ssh key.

 

For additional assistance please e-mail itrss@missouri.edu or open a general support ticket via TDX.