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  • 1. New VSC Account
    • List of scientific domains
    • Lecturer’s procedure to request student accounts (KU Leuven/UHasselt)
  • 2. Authentication
    • Security Keys
      • Generating keys on Windows
        • Generating keys with PuTTY
        • Generating keys with MobaXterm
      • Generating keys on macOS
      • Generating keys on Linux
    • Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • 3. Access VSC Infrastructure
    • Access from Windows
      • Text-mode access using PuTTY
        • Using Pageant
        • Setting up an SSH proxy with PuTTY
        • Creating a SSH tunnel using PuTTY
      • Text-mode access using MobaXterm
      • Using the Xming X server to display graphical programs
      • Installing WSL2 on windows
    • Access from macOS
      • Text-mode access using OpenSSH
    • Access from Linux
      • Text-mode access using OpenSSH
        • SSH config
        • Using ssh-agent
        • Setting up an SSH proxy
        • Creating a SSH tunnel using OpenSSH
    • Paraview remote visualization
    • NX start guide
    • 1 Open OnDemand on the KULeuven Tier2 cluster
    • Virtual Private Network (VPN)
  • 4. Account management
    • How to create/manage VSC groups
  • Accounts and access
  • Security Keys
  • Generating keys on Windows

Generating keys on Windows#

To get access from a Windows computer, we currently provide documentation for two SSH clients, PuTTY and MobaXterm, both of which require a public/private key pair in a different format:

  • Generating keys with PuTTY
    • Create a public/private key pair
    • Converting PuTTY keys to OpenSSH format
  • Generating keys with MobaXterm
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