Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are needed by this exercise, and also provide utility beyond the completion of the exercise. The steps to perform the Globus ID prerequisites are described here.

• Confirm that you can log in to Globus using your organizational credentials.
• Acquire a TACC account through their User Portal.
• Establish your organizational login as a Distinguished Name in your TACC account.
• Create a Globus ID.
• Link your organizational login to your Globus ID.

Using the Globus CLI

This exercise is relevant if you intend to perform Globus transfers from a shell or as part of scripts. Detailed information about performing these steps can be found here.

• Open a secure shell on a TACC resource such as Stampede2 or Frontera.
• If not already done, install the Globus CLI for your account.
• Log in to the Globus CLI.
• Using the Globus CLI, make a new directory called "test" on the TACC resource.
• From the endpoint "Globus Tutorial Endpoint 1", copy the file "share/godata/file1.txt" to the "test" folder on the TACC endpoint.
• Using the Globus CLI, rename the transferred file to "new_name.txt".
• Using the Globus CLI, delete the file "new_name.txt" from the TACC endpoint.