setting up globus on Rook to transfer files

rook_globus.md

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/]