-h1. Checking your environment
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-First you should "log into an Arvados VM instance":{{site.basedoc}}/user/getting_started/ssh-access.html#login if you have not already done so.
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-Check that you are able to access the Arvados API server using the following command:
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-notextile. <pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">arv user current</span></code></pre>
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-If @arv user current@ is able to access the API server, it will print out the unique identifier associated with your account. Here is an example (you will receive a different identifier):
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-bc. qr1hi-xioed-9z2p3pn12yqdaem
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-However, if you receive the following message:
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-bc. ARVADOS_API_HOST and ARVADOS_API_TOKEN need to be defined as environment variables