SPO600 Servers

Backup Your Data
These computers are NEVER backed up. Please save all important files on other storage. These machines may be removed or reinstalled at any time.

In SPO600, remote access to two servers is provided for learning and project work.

Preparatory Steps

In order to gain access to these computers, you must send an SSH key to your professor.

1. Follow the steps outlined under Using Public Keys with SSH to create your key.
2. Save the key in a file named yourUserId.pub -- for example, if your Seneca user ID is "jldoe", save the key in the file jldoe.pub using a command such as: cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub jldoe.pub
3. Attach that file to an e-mail message and send it to chris.tyler@senecacollege.ca

An account will be created within a couple of days of sending the key.

Check Your Key!
Your professor uses an automated script to create accounts, so the key must be valid and correctly named in order to work successfully.

AArch64: red

The first server is an ARMv8 AArch64 system known simply as red. This machine is accessible via SSH using port 2222 on the host Iraq.proximity.on.ca. To connect from a command-line ssh client:

ssh -p 2222 username@iraq.proximity.on.ca

You can simplify this process by creating an entry in your ~/.ssh/config file:

Host "red"
    hostname "iraq"
    port 2222

You can then simply:

ssh username@red

x86_64: australia

The other server is an x86_64 system known as Australia.proximity.on.ca. To connect to it, issue this command:

ssh username@australia.proximity.on.ca