Graphical Client SFTP
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Graphical file transfer clients can be used to move data between your local machine and remote storage locations. Once you install the client on your computer and set up the remote connection, you may move folders and files between your computer and the remote storage using a drag-and-drop method.
📝 Note: It is impractical to maintain documentation on every storage system that CCLA offers. These examples are chosen to be representative of our services. If you need help connecting to a different storage service, please .
Download Cyberduck and run the installation.
AWS S3 - Scality
To set up a new connection, click on the Open Connection button in the top left of the window.
In the dropdown menu of the resulting window, select Amazon S3.
For Scality, change the server field to hostname.
Paste your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key that was generated when you signed up for the AWS S3 service.
Click Connect.
OpenStack Virtual Machine
To set up a new connection, click on the Open Connection button in the top left of the window.
In the dropdown menu of the resulting window, select SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
Server: the IP address of your virtual machine
Username: username
Password: leave blank
Select your SSH key from the dropdown menu. Be sure to choose the SSH key that allows you to access your OpenStack virtual machine.
Click Connect.
CCLA Condo HPC, NFS, and Lustre
To set up a new connection, click on the Open Connection button in the top left of the window.
In the dropdown menu of the resulting window, select SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
Server: tigris.doane.edu
Username: your UCAMS ID (UID)
Password: your UCAMS password
Select your SSH key from the dropdown menu. Be sure to choose the SSH key that allows you to access the CCLA OR HPC Condo login node.
Click Connect.
NFS user home directory path:
~/home/UID/Lustre storage path:~/lustre/tigris/
AWS S3 - Scality
To set up a new connection, click on New Site in the top left of the window.
In the File protocol dropdown menu on the right, select Amazon S3.
Host name: tigris-s3.doane.edu
Paste your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key that was generated when you signed up for the AWS S3 service.
Click Login.
OpenStack Virtual Machine
To set up a new connection, click on New Site in the top left of the window.
In the File protocol dropdown menu on the right, select SFTP.
Host name: the IP address of your virtual machine
User name: username
Password: leave blank
Click Login.
CCLA HPC, NFS, and Lustre
To set up a new connection, click on New Site in the top left of the window.
In the File protocol dropdown menu on the right, select SFTP.
Host name: the IP address of your virtual machine
Username: your UCAMS ID (UID)
Password: your UCAMS password
Click Login.
NFS user home directory path:
~/home/UID/Lustre storage path:~/lustre/tigris/
Download WinSCP and run the installation.
📝 Note: In cases where an SSH key is required for access, you must store the path to the key in WinSCP for each connection. To store the key, enter the connection information that you will find in the steps below. Then, click the Advanced... button. Provide the path to your SSH private key.
