Using Containers in Bioinformatics -- An Introduction: Setup

Key requirement

The main requirement for this workshop is a personal computer with a web browser and a command line shell program.
Windows users: get MobaXterm, Visual Studio Code or PuTTY.
This equipment will allow you to follow the online materials and to login to a facility with the required software stack.

SSH Login

On the day of the tutorial, each attendee will receive a USERNAME, a PASSWORD and an IP ADDRESS.

Open the shell program (see above), type the following:

ssh <USERNAME>@<IP ADDRESS>

and enter the password when prompted. You’re ready for the tutorial!