From de8c9f1ac38ba89bd2e8797828ad0de03a9455af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Apurv Kulkarni <apurv.kulkarni@tu-dresden.de>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:58:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Solved issue-194. Added missing information regarding usage
of SSH config for data transfer using export nodes in 'access/ssh_login' and
'data_transfer/export_nodes'
---
doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/access/ssh_login.md | 3 +++
.../docs/data_transfer/export_nodes.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/access/ssh_login.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/access/ssh_login.md
index 59e304f3a..1eb2dcb07 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/access/ssh_login.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/access/ssh_login.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ in it (you can omit lines starting with `#`):
```bash
Host taurus
+ #Use either login node for shell access or export nodes for data transfer
HostName taurus.hrsk.tu-dresden.de
#Put your ZIH-Login after keyword "User":
User marie
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ Afterwards, you can connect to the ZIH system using:
```console
marie@local$ ssh taurus
```
+!!!info
+ Please note that in above example login node `taurus.hrsk.tu-dresden.de` is used in configuration file to access shell in ZIH systems. SSH configuration file can also be used to perform data transfer from/to ZIH systems. An additional profile with same settings can be created. Simply replace login node in front of `HostName` with export node (eg. `taurusexport.hrsk.tu-dresden.de`) in the SSH configuration profile. Please refer to [Export Nodes: Transfer Data to/from ZIH's Filesystems](../data_transfer/export_nodes.md) for more information on export nodes.
### X11-Forwarding
diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_transfer/export_nodes.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_transfer/export_nodes.md
index 9ccba626f..9230a16a7 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_transfer/export_nodes.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_transfer/export_nodes.md
@@ -108,6 +108,24 @@ the local machine.
# Copy directory
marie@local$ rsync -r <zih-user>@taurusexport.hrsk.tu-dresden.de:<directory> <target-location>
```
+!!!info
+ User can also use SSH configuration file to transfer the data from/to the ZIH systems. Please refer to 'Connecting from Linux' section on [Connecting with SSH](../access/ssh_login.md) page for more information on how to create and use the SSH configuration file. In the newly created profile, simply replace values in front of `HostName` with name of the export node as shown below.
+
+ ```bash
+ Host <configuration_profile_name>
+ # Use name of the export node after HostName
+ HostName taurusexport.hrsk.tu-dresden.de
+ [...]
+ ```
+ Once the configuration is created, user can initiate transfer simply using any of the tools mentioned above.
+
+ ```console
+ # Transfer from ZIH system to local machine
+ marie@local$ rsync -r <configuration_profile_name>:<directory_or_file> <target-location>
+
+ # Transfer from local machine to ZIH system
+ marie@local$ rsync -r <configuration_profile_name>:<directory_or_file> <target-location>
+ ```
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