How to access HPC resources

DTU Sophia is accessed via the Secure Shell protocol and hence a ssh client is needed on the user's laptop from which connection is to be established to DTU Sophia. This is preferably installed via the laptop operating system's software package manager.

When outside DTU network

DTU Employee

Use your laptop's ssh client from a terminal or create a virtual private network (VPN) connection.

Tool	URL	Example
ssh client; e.g. OpenSSH	ssh.risoe.dk	ssh my-dtu-username@ssh.risoe.dk
vpn client; e.g. OpenConnect (Linux) or AnyConnect (Windows)	vpn.dtu.dk	openconnect --os=win vpn.dtu.dk

DeiC grant holder

Log on the remote portal and choose DeiC Sophia Desktop - this will open a Citrix session with Linux CentOS 7.

Accessing Sophia login node

Linux

Open a terminal and access Sophia from the commandline;

ssh <username>@sophia.dtu.dk

Microsoft Windows

The MobaXterm Windows application offers a range of features, including e.g. default graphics forwarding. Use the same command as for Linux.