How-to: Connect via SSH (PuTTY, macOS terminal)
NOTE: If you are off campus you need to connect to the VPN prior to starting the process below. Each time you ssh in, you will need to be on the VPN first.
Action
This guide details how to connect to batch via SSH from a windows or mac machine. batch is only accessible from within the University at Albany network. To connect from an external network, you must use the VPN. Please read more at the Remote Access page.
To spawn a terminal session, you can use PuTTY and VcXsrv on Windows. On mac, you can use your terminal with XQuartz for X11 Forwarding and a terminal session. More details below.
Instructions
Windows
Several options are available for connecting to research systems from a windows computer. This documentation will focus on PuTTY and VcXsrv for X11 forwarding.
VcXsrv
PuTTY
Windows Subsystem for Linux
macOS
XQuartz
Terminal