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It is possible to connect local ecflow_ui running on your mac/pc to the remote servers running at the Centre via the Centre's Teleport gateway.

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You may be asked for your ECMWF login credentials. If you already have a valid certificate, the authentication prompt will be skipped.

We will now discuss Here we describe two methods of connecting ecflow_ui via Teleport gateway with ecFlow servers running at the Centre.

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Method 1: Local Port Forwarding

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Limitations of Local Port Forwarding

  • In practice we can only connect to a single remote log server. This is because different log servers at the Centre use the same port number (9316).
  • The timeline and server load functionality currently does not work.

Method 2: Dynamic Port Forwarding

SSH offers Dynamic Port Forwarding, i.e. it can act as a SOCKS proxy. This method has some advantages over Local Port Forwarding:

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