C. Stubbs Jan 26, 2021
We intend to use the Rubin Science Platform Jupiter-Lab system for analysis of Aux Tel data, and eventually other LSST commissioning activity.
This is hosted at NCSA and requires two-factor authentication.
On a Mac, use Safari not Chrome.
0) Install the DUO validation app on your phone. Harvard uses this as well, need to add NCSA as per their instructions, using QR code.
1) install Cisco AnyConnect on your machine
2) point the Cisco VPN "connect" window at ncsa-vpn-default BE SURE TO UPDATE USER NAME
2a) If this fails with an error from Cisco saying: "The VPN connection failed due to unsuccessful domain name resolution.", try changing the entry in the connect box to: sslvpn.ncsa.illinois.edu. See below:
3) Type in your user name and NCSA password, and use 'push' as second password.
This will send an authentication ping to DUO on your phone. Once you authorize, VPN should be established.
4) point a browser to lsst-lsp-stable.ncsa.illinois.edu/nb and select National Center for Supercomputing Applications as identity provider. You can type NCSA in the search box to get to this.
4a) I (Sasha) initially selected the wrong identity provider (I chose Harvard University). When I then tried to open the link from point 4 again, I got an error in my browser stating: "OpenID Connect token verification failed" I resolved this issue by clearing my browser's (Safari) cache and history.
5) You have to enter your NCSA credentials, and do yet another DUO push in order to gain access.
I got that far, and it hung.
After trying multiple times, finally got to this screen:
Then after sticking with the defaults, it worked.
References:
https://nb.lsst.io/ getting-started for connectivity
https://lsstsciencecollaborations.github.io/StackClub/GettingStarted/GettingStarted.html
https://lsstsciencecollaborations.github.io/StackClub/ DESC getting-started link.