How to Connect to the Cluster and What Program to Use

Linux Users

Right click on the desktop and select Open Terminal
Type ssh username@stats.phys.uconn.edu
After entering your password this will put you in your home directory (/home/username)

Open Finder and navigate to Applications->Utilities and double-click on Terminal OR click on the magnifying glass in the top right corner and search for Terminal
Type ssh username@stats.phys.uconn.edu
After entering your password this will put you in your home directory (/home/username)

The recommended program to use is PuTTY. The following guide will assume you are using PuTTY.

Open PuTTY
On the main screen, under Host Name (or IP address), type stats.phys.uconn.edu
In the Saved Sessions box type stats and click the save button
In the left tree structure go to Connection->SSH->Tunnels
In Source Port type 5959
In Destination type stats.phys.uconn.edu:5959 and click the Add button
In the tree structure go to Window->Colours
- If you would like your terminal to be black with white text leave the box Use system colours unchecked
- If you would like your terminal to be white with black text check the box Use system colours
Return to the main screen (at the top of the tree structure click Session) and click the save button again
With stats loaded you can now click open
The first time you connect a window should pop up. Click yes to connect, then login with your provided username and password
After entering your password this will put you in your home directory (/home/username)
After the initial setup, logging in requires you to open PuTTY and opening your saved stats session