Help:Access to ToolLabs instances with PuTTY and WinSCP

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This page documents Single-click solutions for accessing your Tools Labs instances using PuTTY and WinSCP. For other Labs project than Tools, instructions differ.

With the correct settings, a single click shell connection or file transfer is possible, and no command line input trouble is needed.

Prerequisites

Information:

  • USERNAME: your username on labs and ToolLabs
  • PATH-TO-YOUR-PRIVATE-KEY: the path and name of your private key file on your local system

Programs:

  • PuTTY
  • WinSCP
  • plink.exe (part of PuTTY suite)
  • Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent, part of both the PuTTY and WinSCP suites)

How to set up PuTTY for direct access to your Tool Labs account

You are likely going to set up connections to each of the login servers:

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The remaining configuration options are identical for all login servers. Of course, you may prefer screen and scroll buffer sizes of your choice:

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How to set up WinSCP for direct access to your Tool Labs account

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After connecting to your Tool Labs account with WinSCP, you may then wish to connect to a particular TOOL account directory (e.g. foobot, or my-tool, etc). Following are instructions (using WinSCP v5.5.0).

  • Access the root directory by clicking the root directory icon. (A folder icon with a backwards slash in the right/remote pane of WinSCP) You will now be in /<root>.
  • Scroll down to the the data directory and double click to access.
  • Next double-click on the project directory. (accessing some of these directories may take several seconds, so be patient)
  • Scroll down to the tool of your choice and double-click. You are now in your chosen TOOL directory.

To get back to your Tool Labs account directory click the root directory icon again, then home, then scroll down to your username directory and double-click.

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