Getting Started¶
Note
All users of the Danforth Center Data Science infrastructure must first acknowledge that they have read and understand the Usage Policies.
Setting up your workstation¶
Web-based access¶
You can access your account and configure desktop and command-line access by navigating to https://soca.datasci.danforthcenter.org.
Command-line access¶
Applications¶
You will need a terminal application that supports ssh
to log into the Data Science infrastructure. Some common options are listed below, bolded options are recommended.
- macOS: Terminal (built-in), iTerm2.
- Linux/Unix: Terminal (built-in).
- Windows: Windows Subsystem for Linux (Windows 10 only), PuTTY, Cygwin.
File access¶
Applications¶
- macOS: Cyberduck/Mountain Duck, Transmit, FileZilla.
- Linux/Unix: System file browser (built-in), FileZilla.
- Windows: Cyberduck/Mountain Duck, WinSCP, FileZilla.