Debugging via SSH

You can debug a submission by clicking the "Debug via SSH" button in the action bar at the bottom of a submission. This will allow you to log into a new, empty container that has your autograder code and the student's code downloaded, set up in the same way as an actual autograder run. You can then run the autograder to see the results that it would produce.

Adding an SSH key

If you haven't done this before, you'll need to provide an SSH public key. Click on the link in the popup to do so:

You'll be asked to paste your public key into a text field. It should start with something like ssh-rsa, ssh-dsa, or something similar. If you don't have one, see GitHub's instructions for how to generate one. If copying from a terminal, make sure that you don't include any line breaks, because there should not be any line breaks in a public key.

Account settings

Once you have added one SSH key, you can add more keys or change existing keys by going to the Account settings page.

Your public keys will appear at the bottom of the page.

Logging in via SSH

Once you've set up your public key, clicking on the button will start a new container for you. As soon as it's ready, instructions will appear that give you a command to run to log into the container.

After logging in, you can inspect the filesytem and run the autograder. If the autograder fails to execute, you can make tweaks to see how to fix the autograder or the submission.

Persisting changes

Once you get the autograder running correctly, you can persist changes by either resubmitting for the student, if the error is in the student's code, or by uploading a new version of the autograder.