Externally Accessing CADES Resources - XCAMS Accounts
You may find you need access to CADES resources from off-campus.
This guide is intended to provide external ORNL users (XCAMS account holders) guidance on how to access some of the most common CADES resources. If you need further assistance, you can contact the CADES team.
ORNL UCAMS Account Holders
ORNL UCAMS account holders should see this guide as these users have other access methods available.
CADES External Login Node
CADES maintains an external login node collab.cades.ornl.gov.
New Users: To log in to this node, you must request membership in the cades-misc group via the XCAMS portal.
CADES required external users who are not U.S. Citizens to have an ORNL host and a PAS to be approved for access to this login node.
To aquire this PAS, have the ORNL Host Scientist's administative assistant request a "Service to ORNL PAS" for cyber access for you from the ORNL Visitor's Cetner.
- If you are not sure if you already have a XCAMS account, visit this site and use the "Forgot your username?" and "Forgot your password?" links to investigate.
- If you find that you have an account, but need access to the CADES-misc resource, contact us.
- Creating multiple xcams accounts is not recommended.
- UCAMS account holders should not create a new XCAMS account, but see here instead.
To login to the external access node use your XCAMS ID as your username to SSH:
ssh username@collab.cades.ornl.gov
From here you can access internal resources, including:
- OpenStack Horizon Web Interface
- CADES SHPC Condos
Accessing the OpenStack Horizon Web Interface
To view the OpenStack Horizon Web Interface you may use SSH port forwarding (replace username with your user ID and enter your password when prompted):
ssh -L 9000:cloud.cades.ornl.gov:80 username@collab.cades.ornl.gov
Then view in your browser: http://localhost:9000
Accessing the CADES SHPC Cluster
Open Protection Zone
- Log in to the CADES external login node
collab.cades.ornl.gov. - Execute
ssh username@or-slurm-login.ornl.govreplacing username with the username you registered above. - When prompted, enter your XCAMS password.
Moderate Protection Zone
- Log in to the CADES external login node
collab.cades.ornl.gov. - Execute
ssh username@mod-condo-login.ornl.govreplacing username with your ORNL UCAMS ID. - When prompted, enter your UCAMS password.
Access to CADES Documentaion
The main support documentation is publicly available at https://docs.cades.ornl.gov/.