Using the Grid - need some help

#1

Hi everyone.

Started on the farming side of things, but I’m now interested in exploring the Grid itself and how I can use it. Being a complete beginner in this world, there are some things I would like to ask:

  1. (When creating a Profile Manager) I can’t understand where to find the SSH public key and what it refers to? Is it my laptop SSH public key? How can I find it?
  2. Is it possible to use some of the apps, like Owncloud, on the mainnet already?

Last, but not least, someone talked about creating a guide/subforum on how to use the grid, a place just for users, and I think that would be really useful for someone that doesn’t know where to start (like me…).

I apologize if these are some basic questions… Thanks in advance!

#2

Hi @jvsc0. Great questions and we all start the long journey of learning things by taking a first step. Well done, you have just taken a first step into learning how to use the grid :slight_smile:

  1. depending on the OS you are using, you should be able to find your private and public SSH key in the $HOME/.ssh directory (Linux + Macos, I am not fluent in Windows…). De name of the file / key is something like id_rsa and id_rsa.pub
  2. yes, if you go to http://play.grid.tf you can deploy owncloud.
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#3

For Windows, here is a manual to generate one using PuTTY.

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#4

Thanks for the help!

I have MacOS, will look into that!

#5

Okay, so I finally had some time to look into this and found how to generate the public and private keys on my laptop. Now I use the public key to create the Profile on play.grid, right?

#6

And when we talk about “deploying owncloud” this means using a node to give storage to owncloud, right?

Sorry, but I really want and need to understand this!

#7

Yes, public ssh to be filled in.

#8

It means, deploying everything what is needed to run an Owncloud application, that includes storage, yes. See https://library.threefold.me/info/manual/#/manual__weblets_owncloud

#9

Thanks for your answer!

But the storage I will provide can be used by anyone or just me?

#10

It’s an OwnCloud functionality to provide in the sharing of documents.

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