Test Server/Bastion Host Login

I think one issue might be mixing up which key pair is which.  For reference, the initialization code in the Hello, FABRIC note book looks like the following.

Each user has two key pairs. The first key pair is the one the is installed on the bastion host.  The other key pair is the one that is installed in the VMs.

In the Hello, FABRIC notebook example the bastion_key_filename needs to point to the bastion private key. This is the private half of the key pair that we installed in your account on the bastion host. By default this private key is not in your Jupyter environment. You will need to copy that private key to Jupyter and set bastion_key_filename to the path to that private key.

In the Hello, FABRIC notebook example the key pair that is used in your VMs are referenced with the vars ssh_key_file_priv and ssh_key_file_pub.  These keys are set to a default key pair that is automatically in your Jupyter environment.  You can use that key pair or create a new one, if you want.  If you want ssh to your VMs from outside of your  Jupyter environment you need to copy the private key to your laptop or other work station.

bastion_public_addr = 'bastion-1.fabric-testbed.net'
bastion_private_ipv4_addr = '192.168.11.226'
bastion_private_ipv6_addr = '2600:2701:5000:a902::c'

bastion_username = <your bastion id>

bastion_key_filename = os.environ['HOME'] + "/.ssh/id_rsa_fabric"

ssh_key_file_priv=os.environ['HOME']+"/.ssh/id_rsa"
ssh_key_file_pub=os.environ['HOME']+"/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"

ssh_key_pub = None
with open (ssh_key_file_pub, "r") as myfile:
ssh_key_pub=myfile.read()
ssh_key_pub=ssh_key_pub.strip()

Let me know if this was the issue,

Paul