However you can connect to a Graphical User Interface using MobaXterm. Now you can start any X Windows application or the whole desktop. Provide remote host IP address, username and the security key for the connection. You see the application window now look like this: If you use portable version just unzip the package and start MobaXTerm app with two-click on the icon: Application is available to download from īefore connecting to you VM, please do the following configuration:Įdit ‘/etc/ssh/sshd_config’ and make sure you have You can install it as well as use a portable version. If you are unable to connect to the UCL VPN, you must connect to the SSH Gateway server (ssh.ee.ucl.ac.uk) and then ssh to the server you wish to access.There is an easy way to access your remote Virtual Machine from Windows workstation with an application called MobaXterm. Once again, if you are connecting to the UCL VPN you can connect to linux servers directly. If you need to run GUI applications we recommend that you use MobaXterm instead). Putty is a great tool for connecting to our linux servers if you only require command line access (You can not run GUI applications with Putty - unless you also have X Windows server software installed and running. I.e Connect to ssh.ee.ucl.ac.uk with mobaXterm and once you have connected, type the command: ssh -X Using Putty You can download the home edition and use this to connect to departmental resources. MobaXterm allows you to run GUI (X11) linux applications remotely on a Windows PC. If you want to run GUI applications and display them on your OS X device, you will need to install XQuartz. I.e When connected to the UCL VPN you can do: ssh -X you are not connected to the UCL VPN you can do: ssh -X -J will allow you run command-line and GUI applications. If you are unable to connect to the UCL VPN, you must connect to the SSH Gateway server (ssh.ee.ucl.ac.uk) and then ssh to the server you wish to access. If you are connecting to the UCL VPN you can connect to linux servers directly. You can use the native terminal on linux or OS X (in 'Applications' > 'Utilities').

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