Providing Remote Server Access

Before Simcenter STAR-CCM+ can launch server processes on remote machines, you must provide details of a remote shell environment that Simcenter STAR-CCM+ can use. This environment must not require any password when making connections, although you can use a different username from your own.

Make sure that the system on which the primary Simcenter STAR-CCM+ process runs has a remote shell command installed and available to the command line.
  • On Linux, the default option is ssh. Note that prior to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ v11.02, the default option was rsh.
  • On Windows, you can use PuTTY, or an alternative that you provide.
  • For either system, you can specify an alternative command.
To configure Simcenter STAR-CCM+:
  1. Within the interactive Simcenter STAR-CCM+ workspace, select Tools > Options
  2. In the Options dialog, select Environment, then set the following properties:
    • Generic Remote Process Launch Command
    • Server Remote Process Launch Command
    The Generic command provides default inputs for processes launched from the client. The Server command provides inputs for processes launched from the server, such as parallel server processes and co-simulation. For details, see the Environment section of the default properties reference.
  3. Make sure that passwordless connections are possible. For example, issue an ssh command from a command prompt, such as ssh <host> hostname.

The following Knowledge Base article on Support Center gives guidance on using PuTTy on Windows for connecting to a Linux server:

How to use PuTTy to connect a Windows client to Linux server