Full course description
Term: Summer 2026
Date: July 13th, 2026
Time: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Location: Online Only
Instructor: Sarah Ghazanfari
Presented By: Advanced Research Computing (ARC)
Description:
Prerequisites:
You will need an ARC account to follow along and set up these tools.
Access to a VT network (e.g., on campus [eduroam] or connected to VPN)
Familiarity with using a command-line text editor such as nano or vim will be helpful but is not required.
Description:
This practical workshop introduces participants to secure and efficient remote development workflows on ARC systems using SSH keys for authentication. You'll begin by learning the fundamentals of SSH keys, what they are, why they’re important, and how to generate and configure them for passwordless, secure access to ARC clusters. A step-by-step walkthrough will guide you through key setup, with hands-on support available to troubleshoot common issues.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be equipped with a seamless, secure, and scalable remote development setup to support research and code development on ARC systems.
There is a real, important practical benefit of setting up SSH keys: it streamlines login to the clusters—for every single login—such that you just give a short-cut name and all of the authentication (e.g., 2FA) is done automatically for you."