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setting up globus on Rook to transfer files

Start Globus container on Rook

  • Log in to the Rook gui
  • navigate to Start (Apps) > Docker > Container
  • Switch on container called 'Barrymoo-gcp_client1'
  • Double click on container called 'Barrymoo-gcp_client1'
  • Go to Terminal tab

In that terminal (we'll call this the "Rook GUI terminal")

  • type Return

on your local machine, in a bash terminal

  • ssh into rook
  • id [your username on rook]
  • note down the uid number from uid=####

in the "Rook GUI terminal"

  • useradd -u [uid number] -G users [your username on rook]
  • su - [your username on rook]

In a web browser

  • open app.globus.org and log in
  • enndpoints > create a personal endpoint
  • name it
  • click generate setup key
  • (you will need to manually type in the setup key into "Rook GUI terminal")

In "Rook GUI terminal"

  • /opt/globusconnectpersonal/globusconnectpersonal -setup [type setup key from globus]
  • /opt/globusconnectpersonal/globusconnectpersonal -start -restrict-paths r/mnt/data/]
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