Access Procedure

Remote access to MOGON clusters is granted via Secure Shell (SSH) and confirmed with a second-factor of authentication.

Once your account is affiliated with an HPC project, you will receive a confirmation from us per e-mail, entailing further instructions on how to access MOGON. They sum up to the following to steps:

1. Generate an SSH key pair and upload the public key to the JGU account website to facilitate an encrypted connection to MOGON.
2. Prepare your smartphone for two-factor authentication (2FA) before contacting us to finish the time-based one-time password (TOTP) configuration.

These two steps are completely independent. While Step 2 requires face-to-face identification via video call, you can complete Step 1 on your own and repeat it as many times as you need, e.g. to generate key pairs not only for your workstation but also for your laptop.

Prerequisites#

Your JGU account must be assigned to an HPC project, before you can complete the MOGON onboarding procedure. You can check the affiliation with an HPC project on the JGU account website in the Access rights section.

Your project leader or technical contact can add your account to an HPC project. If your work group does not have access to MOGON yet, they need to apply for access as described here.

Step 1: Setting up SSH#

To access our service nodes, please follow the set of instructions for your operating system:

• SSH setup using Linux/macOS
• SSH setup using Windows

Both can be found on the → next page

Step 2: Setting up 2FA#

Before contacting us, prepare the 2FA configuration as detailed → here. Basically, you need to:

• Install one of the supported apps mentioned on your smartphone
• Generate a token for privacyIDEA as demonstrated

Are you all set?#

Once you have completed these two steps, you can log in to MOGON as demonstrated on → this page.

References#