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Intro to MobaXterm

Setting up MobaXterm on your local computer

To obtain a copy of MobaXterm, go to the MobaXterm website and selected 'Download' at the top of the page

MobaXterm website with the "Download" button circled

On the next page, choose "Download Now" under Home Edition

MobaXterm website with the "Download now" button under Home Edition circled.

Finally, click the blue "Portable Edition" button.

MobaXterm Download tab with the blue "MobaXterm Home Edition v23.0 (Portable edition) circled"

The Portable Edition is convenient in that all you will need to do is unzip the file once the download is finished, no need to install anything.

PC Downloads folder unzipping "MobaXterm_Portable_v23.0" file

Go into the unzipped folder and click on the MobaXterm application to run the program (which should be named something like "MobaXterm_Personal_XX.Y" where XX.Y is the version number)

Into the unzipped folder running the program "MobaXterm_Personal_XX.Y"

Setting up and SSH connection session to HPCC

Inside MobaXterm, you can define a 'SSH Session' to simplify the process of connecting to HPCC. First, start MobaXterm, then click on the "Session" button in the upper left.

MobaXterm home screen with "Session" button highlighted

Next, choose the "SSH" option from pop-up menu

Pop-up "Session settings" menu with the "SSH" option highlighted

In the following menu, fill in "hpcc.msu.edu" as the remote host. Then check the "Specify username" box and fill in your MSU NetId. Also, make sure the X11 forwarding box is checked under the "Advanced SSH Settings" tab, as this will allow to launch GUI programs through your session. Click "OK" once you are finished. You may get a pop-up window asking if you trust the host you have entered; click "Accept."

Pop-up "Session settings" menu with the "Basic SSH settings" highlighted and "X11-Forwarding" checkbox checked.

Now, if you click the yellow star on the left panel, you should see a line in the 'User sessions' column named something like "hpcc.msu.edu ()".

MobaXterm "Users sessions" tab with red arrow pointing at "hpcc.msu.edu (<your_netid>)" and yellow star on the left panel highlighted.

Click this and you will be prompted to enter your NetId password, after which you will be logged into one of the gateway nodes on HPCC. From here you can connect to any of the development nodes.