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-====== Accessing the cluster ====== 
  
-The cluster is only available from Duke networks.  For remote access, VPN is required ( [[biac:accounts|Account Requests]] ) .   
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-==== Setting up X-Win32 ==== 
-To set up the terminal in X-Win32, follow these steps: 
-  * Window's Start -> X-Win32 2012 -> X-Config 
-  * Under the "Connections" tab, select //"Wizard"// 
-  * **Name:** cluster ( or anything that you want ), **Type:** select //"ssh"// 
-  * **host:** cluster.biac.duke.edu 
-  * **Login:** your username, **Password:** (if you leave this blank, you will be prompted later) 
-  * **Command:** click //"Linux"// 
-  * Click //"Finish"// 
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-If your new connection doesn't show up, Click "OK", then re-open X-Config. 
-  * Click your saved configuration, then //"Launch"// 
-  * A terminal window should appear and you may be prompted to enter your password if you didn't originally save it. 
-  * Also, if its your first connection, you'll be prompted to allow connections from cluster. 
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-Once the terminal is usable, all graphical forwarding should work.  Type, "nedit" on the command line to test. 
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-The next time you want to connect, you can open X-Config and simply "Launch" your saved connection.  If you drag the connection to the "Autostart" folder, it will open automatically when you open X-Win32. 
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-==== Access from Mac or Linux ==== 
-To access the cluster from a Mac or Linux machine, open your terminal window (for Mac usually the program "terminal", Centos is konsole or xterm) and run the following command 
-   ssh -Y username@cluster.biac.duke.edu 
-The -X parameter enables the forwarding of graphics. 
-  * after major OSX updates sometimes it is required to re-install XQuartz and reboot 
-  * if you're experiencing x-forwarding timeout failures its usually because SSH on OSX only forwards graphics for 10 minutes by default. You can change this behavior by setting a timeout in your local ssh config file ( ie: ~/.ssh/config )  
-<code> 
-Host * 
-    ForwardX11 yes 
-    ForwardX11Timeout 596h 
-</code>  
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