# How to request log in access to KyRIC

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**Created:** [January 16, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-to-request-log-in-access-to-kyric/3035 "2024-01-16T22:58:31Z")\
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Please send an email to [help-hpc@hpc.uky.edu](mailto:help-hpc@hpc.uky.edu) with the subject line that begins with “[KXC] (your\_XSEDE/ACCESS username)”.

After you have uploaded your public key, you should be able to connect to the KyRIC system using an SSH client. For example, from a computer running a Linux, MacOS, Windows Powershell, or Windows Subsystem for Linux, you may connect to KyRIC by opening a Terminal and entering:

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`ssh yourUserName@kxc.ccs.uky.edu`

Third-party SSH clients that provide a GUI (e.g., Bitvise, MobaXterm, PuTTY) may also be used to connect to KyRIC.

When you log in to [kxc.ccs.uky.edu](http://kxc.ccs.uky.edu), you will be assigned one of the two login nodes: `kxc-login[1-2].ccs.uky.edu`. These nodes are identical in both architecture and software environment. Users should normally log in through `kxc.ccs.uky.edu` but may specify one of the two nodes directly if they see poor performance.

For more information, visit the documentation pages below; go to Resource Providers and click on “KyRIC (Kentucky)”.

[https://access-ci.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACCESSdocumentation/overview](https://access-ci.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACCESSdocumentation/overview)