How do I connect to a Linux host?

Problem

One may connect to a Linux host using SSH.

Upload your SSH key to Spinup: https://spinup.internal.yale.edu/user/netid/ssh for example: https://spinup.internal.yale.edu/user/bt353/ssh
- Create a new key in Linux
  - In a terminal window, type: ssh-keygen -t rsa
  - Copy the contents of the public key: cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
- Create a new key in Windows
From the Spinup home page, click on the desired space
Click on the desired resource name---it will take you to a URL similar to this one: https://spinup.internal.yale.edu/r/spinup-RESOURCE_ID.spinup.yale.edu
On the resource page you should have the hostname and IP address listed in the top-center panel.
To connect using SSH, open the terminal window on Mac or Linux, or install PuTTY on Windows and type the host name or IP address, using your NetID as the user: ssh netid@ip_address

Apple changed the way SSH keys interact with the SSH-Agent in OSX 10.12.2. Review this article if you're having trouble with SSH on OSX https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2449/_index.html