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h1. Cheat Sheet

h3. CLI setup

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arv_base=https://9ujm1.arvados.org/arvados/v1
arv_token=1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm1234567890zzzz
# arv_curlopts=-k  # only if you want insecure http
arv_curl="curl -H 'Authorization: OAuth2 $arv_token' $arv_curlopts"
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h3. Create VM

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vm_hostname=xxxxxxxchangeme

eval $arv_curl -X POST --data-urlencode virtual_machine@/dev/stdin <<EOF $arv_base/virtual_machines
{
"hostname":"$vm_hostname"
}
EOF
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h3. User &rarr; VM

Give @$user_uuid@ permission to log in to @$vm_uuid@ as @$target_username@

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user_uuid=xxxxxxxchangeme
vm_uuid=xxxxxxxchangeme
target_username=xxxxxxxchangeme

eval $arv_curl -X POST --data-urlencode link@/dev/stdin <<EOF $arv_base/links
{
"tail_kind":"arvados#user",
"tail_uuid":"$user_uuid",
"head_kind":"arvados#virtual_machine",
"head_uuid":"$vm_uuid",
"link_class":"permission",
"name":"can_login",
"properties":{"username":"$target_username"}
}
EOF
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