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title: "Checking your environment"
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-h1. Checking your environment
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First you should "log into an Arvados VM instance":{{site.baseurl}}/user/getting_started/ssh-access.html#login if you have not already done so.
If @arv user current@ is able to access the API server, it will print out information about your account. Check that you are able to access the Arvados API server using the following command:
bc. ARVADOS_API_HOST and ARVADOS_API_TOKEN need to be defined as environment variables
Then follow the instructions for "getting an API token,":{{site.baseurl}}/user/reference/api-tokens.html and try @arv user current@ again.
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-Once you are able to access the API server, you are ready proceed to the first tutorial: "Storing and retrieving data using Arvados Keep.":{{site.baseurl}}/user/tutorials/tutorial-keep.html