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--- ssh_certificates [2023/08/21 21:18] – pwolinsk
+++ ssh_certificates [2025/10/15 19:51] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 Both files are generated automatically on the Pinnacle cluster and stored in ''$HOME/.ssh/certs'' directory for each user.
 === Downloading the SSH Certificate file pair ===
 To download the SSH certificate file pair:
 **1.** Log into **[[https://arp-ood.hpc.uark.edu]]**
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 **2.** In the main menu at the top select: **Files->SSH Certificate Update**
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 === Logging into Pinnacle using SSH Certificates ===
-SSH client allows users to pass an //identity file// to the ssh server.  On a Linux or MacOS machine include //-i <SSH private key>// to the ssh command:
+SSH client allows users to pass an //identity file// to the ssh server.  On a Linux or MacOS machine include //-i <SSH private key>// to the ssh command form the directory containing the SSH certificate file pair:
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 ood-rocky:pwolinsk:~$
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+On Windows, SSH clients (including GUI) may have a different syntax for specifying an identity file.  Please see documentation for your particular SSH client.
 === Certificate Validity Period ===
-The SSH private key (key-ed25519), once generated and downloaded to the SSH client machine does not change.  However, the SSH public certificate is valid for 12 hours.  After that period it has to be regenerated and downloaded again to the SSH client machine (as described in the previous section).
+The SSH private key (key-ed25519), once generated and downloaded to the SSH client machine does not change.  However, the SSH public certificate expires every Monday at 8 am CST.  After that time it has to be regenerated and downloaded again to the SSH client machine (as described above in **Downloading the SSH Certificate file pair
+**).
+{{ :ssh-login.mp4 |}}