You must either be on the HMS network, or use a VPN client to log in to the HMS network if you are off campus.
Note: Logging in requires that you have an account on the CBMF workstation (“latwork”). If you are unable to login at cbmf-latwork.med.harvard.edu
following the instructions below, try first logging in to cbmf-nas.med.harvard.edu
with your ecommons credentials to create an account, then logging out (type exit
), then logging in to cbmf-latwork.med.harvard.edu
. Contact us if you are still unable to log in.
On Mac or Linux computers:
- Open the Terminal application.
- Enter one of the following commands, substituting your own ecommons username:
- For processing data:
ssh [ecommons_username]@cbmf-latwork.med.harvard.edu
- For transferring data:
ssh [ecommons_username]@cbmf-nas.med.harvard.edu
- For processing data:
- Enter your ecommons password when prompted
On Windows computers:
- Open an ssh client such as Putty
- Open a new session with the following connection settings:
- Host Name: cbmf-latwork.med.harvard.edu
- Port: 22 (leave as default)
- Connection Type: SSH (leave as default)
- Once the connection is open you should see a prompt asking for username and password. Use your ecommons credentials to connect.
Using X11 forwarding for previewing data remotely:
If you’d like to use the llsinfo --show
command to preview data remotely, you will need to log in using X11 forwarding.
- Install an Xserver
- Mac users can install Xquartz: https://www.xquartz.org/
- Windows users can install Xming: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
- Connect with X11 forwarding
- On Mac, add the -X flag to your ssh command:
ssh -X [ecommons_username]@cbmf-latwork.med.harvard.edu
- If using Putty on Windows, check the “Enable X11 Forwarding” box as shown here:
- On Mac, add the -X flag to your ssh command: