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You will receive an ssh private key for login.

Linux/Mac Commandline

Use the following Linux command to login from a Linux computer such as CNF Thin:

ssh -Y -i </path/to/private_key_file.pem> <username>@<ip_address>

Windows with Putty

1. Download Putty . If you download the individual binaries, you will need both "putty" and "puttygen" .
2. Start your X11 server. We recommend XMing .
3. Use PUTTYGen to convert your ssh private key to a Putty key (from a .pem key to a .ppk)
   1. Open PUTTYgen
   2. Click "Conversions" and then click "import key"
   3. Find the key file sent to you by CNF Computing, select the key file, and click "Open"
   4. Click "Save private key" to save the key as a Putty key file (.ppk)
4. Run Putty
   1. Go to Connection - SSH - Auth
   2. On the right where it says "Private key file for authentication", browse to the key you created with PUTTYgen.
   3. Go to Connection - SSH - X11 and check "Enable X11 forwarding"
   4. Go to Session, and for the Host Name, type in the ip address of the remote AWS computer.
   5. Click "Open".
   6. When prompted, enter in your AWS username. You will not be prompted for a password.

Transferring Files

The lab transfer share is not currently accessible from the AWS cloud. Instead, use SFTP to transfer files from any computer on the CNF network to the AWS conversion cloud. From the AWS conversion cloud, you can SFTP out to remote.cnf.cornell.edu .

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