To start your MariaDB session, log onto the HBSGrid (researchgrid.hbs.edu) with your HBS intranet username and password.You may log in either with a terminal session (e.g. using Terminal on Mac or Putty on Windows) or via NoMachine. If you have logged in with NoMachine, then you will need to start a terminal session within NoMachine. To do so right-click on the desktop and select Open in Terminal.

Within your terminal session, the syntax for running the mysql client is:

mysql -h HOSTNAME -u USERNAME -p

Once you enter the above, you will next be prompted to enter your MariaDB password, as shown below:

Once logged in, you should open your working database with the use command. As an example, the user pjonak can open their personal database via

use pjonak;

For details please refer to the 'USER ACCOUNT AND LOG IN DETAILS' section.