.. _ft2_how_to_connect:

How to connect
==============

The connection to the Finis Terrae II login nodes must be made
via an ssh client, using the following address::

    ssh username@ft2.cesga.es

Use your general CESGA account username and password.

Once connected to the system, you enter one of the login nodes,
from which you can edit and copy/move files, and
submit jobs to the queue system. These nodes are not intended for
job execution, and each session is CPU time-limited to 8
hours and 8GB of memory of virtual memory. For larger needs, a node should be used
interactive (using the compute command discussed ahead).