File Transfer

From an NRAO Host

The hosts on either correlator can be reached via the NRAO DNS, file transfer can be initiated from an NRAO host in a pretty straight-foward manner (assuming the access is to one of the three DNS accessible hosts:
At the DC correlator
server-1 (usno-server-1p-ext), server-2 (usno-server-2p-ext) and swc-001 (usno-server-swc-001p)
At the SOC correlator
server-1 (usno-server-1t-ext), server-2 (usno-server-2t-ext) and swc-001 (usno-server-swc-001t)

For example:

  • scp user@theHost:thatFile localFile
  • rsync localDirectory/ user@theHost:thatDirectory <-- The slash is required to prevent making localDirectory a subdirectory

At the remote usename can be root which allows reading and writing of any file on the remote host. If that policy gets proscribed, then the remote user will have to be admin which may require some work since many files are accessible by root.

From a USNO DC Host

Initiating the transfer from a DC host is more complicated because entry into an NRAO host requires logging into gygax as one step. This requires providing the user's NRAO password. If the target machine is the test cluster, then it may also be necessary to provide a password to get into the cluster from gygax. Some ssh configuration files are provided in /root/.ssh which have the name =nraoUsername-s1t.config=— these handle the hopping to get to server-1t by specifying the remote host as server-1t.

-- JimJacobs - 2020-08-04

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