Step 2: Activate Your Desktop/Laptop as a Globus Endpoint and Transfer Files
Now that you have associated the DN with your TACC account and given the DN time to propagate to the systems (up to thirty minutes), you can activate the Globus transfer endpoints and begin transferring files.
Go to
https://globus.org
and log in.
Upon successful login you, you will be directed to the "File Manager" landing page.
Click on Endpoints.
Click “+ Create new endpoint” and follow the instructions to set up your desktop/laptop as an endpoint.
Enter a Display Name to identify your local endpoint like My Laptop, My Desktop at Home, etcetera and then click Generate Setup Key and click copy to copy the Personal Setup Key.
Download and Install the Globus Connect Personal client.
After install, open the Globus Connect Personal application. A pop menu pops up asking your setup key. Copy the setup key from the previous step to complete the setup.
Click on “File Manager”, and next click on the Collection field. You can choose "Your collections" and click on "My Laptop" to select the created endpoint to your computer.
You can now access the files on your desktop/laptop via Globus.
You can also click on Panels to look at two endpoints at the same time. In the other transfer endpoint, search for "TACC" and select the appropriate allocation storage system (Frontera, Stampede2, Corral, Ranch, etcetera) for the desired data.
Examples:
- UTRC Portal
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- Data
- My Data
- System
- TACC Stampede2
- Data
- Shared Workspaces
- System
- TACC Corral 3
- Frontera Portal
-
- Data
- My Data
- System
- Frontera, Longhorn, Stockyard
- Data
- Shared Workspaces
- System
- Corral
After successfully authenticating, you will be redirected back to Globus and you will now be able to access your data on the allocation storage system (Frontera, Stampede2, Corral, Ranch):
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To access "My Data", use the appropriate endpoint and set Path to the path of your $WORK location on your system.
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To find that path, run the following commands in a terminal.
localhost$ ssh username@host
[authenticate with your password and TACC Token]
login2(#)$ cd $WORK
login2(#)$ pwd
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The output of the
pwd
command is your path to your $WORK directory.
Examples:
- Stampede
-
- Endpoint
- Stampede2
- Host
- stampede2.tacc.utexas.edu
- Frontera
-
- Endpoint
- Frontera
- Host
- frontera.tacc.utexas.edu
- Longhorn
-
- Endpoint
- Longhorn
- Host
- longhorn.tacc.utexas.edu
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To access a project in "My Projects" use the appropriate endpoint and set Path to:
/path/to/storage/PORTAL/projects/PORTAL-ProjectIDNumber
Examples:
/corral-repl/tacc/aci/FRONTERA/projects/FRONTERA-26
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To access "Community Data", use the appropriate endpoint and set Path to:
/path/to/portal/data/PORTAL/community/
Examples:
/corral-repl/tacc/aci/UTRC/community/
,
/corral-repl/tacc/aci/Frontera/community/
You can transfer files between the selected endpoints.
Once the transfer is initiated, you can see the task id for the transfer being initiated.
Click activity to check status on all the transfers you have initiated.
You will also receive an email to the registered email address once the transfer is completed.