Accessing astro3 How to get access and connect to the astro3 cluster over SSH. Requirements Must be a member of the physics_astro3 LDAP group Valid Tel Aviv University username and password If connecting from outside the TAU network: TAU VPN must be active — see Palo Alto VPN Login Node Direct SSH to the astro3 head node — no load-balanced login pool like powerslurm: astro3.tau.ac.il Connecting via SSH ssh your_username@astro3.tau.ac.il With an SSH key: ssh -i /path/to/your/private_key your_username@astro3.tau.ac.il Important Do not run compute jobs directly on the head node — use sbatch or srun The head node is shared — heavy processes may be killed