Remote Access

You can securely connect to the EML using either your browser (via JupyterHub), or using secure shell (SSH).

JupyterHub¶

EML’s JupyterHub is deployed for users to remotely run Jupyter notebooks (using Python, R, Julia, MATLAB and other languages), terminal sessions, RStudio, and even graphical Remote Desktop sessions on EML machinesthrough your web browser. See our JupyterHub documentation for more information.

SSH¶

You can connect using SSH to a number of EML systems. The list of hostnames users can access is listed on our dashboards.

Connecting from Windows¶

Command-line Access¶

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1. Click on the session category

2. Enter the hostname

3. Click Open

4. Type your username and password when prompted

File Transfer using Drag and Drop¶

WinSCP is a free graphical SFTP client that allows you to copy/transfer files between your windows computer and your EML account. {fig-alt=“winscp image” width=“200”}

1. Click on the session category

2. Enter the hostname

3. Enter the username and password

4. Click Login

Using Graphical User Interface of Unix Applications¶

Xming is X Windows Software from X.Org ported to Microsoft Windows. This requires the use of an SSH client such as PuTTY.

1. Install and open the Xming application.

2. Launch PuTTY, click on the plus sign to the left of “SSH” in the left hand pane, then click “X11” and check the box labelled “Enable X11 Forwarding”.

3. Under “Category” on the left, click on Session. Under Saved Sessions, select a name for the session and click on “Save”.

4. Log-on to one of the Linux servers (not an emily) following instructions on logging in using PuTTY

5. Type in the commands of the GUI program such as xstata, nautilus (file explorer), etc on PuTTY’s command-line window.

Remote (Graphical) Desktop Environment Access¶

Windows Remote Desktop allows remote desktop connections to the EML Linux systems. X2Go is a remote desktop solution that provides fast and secure graphical access to an EML desktop with support for copy and paste between local and remote computers.

Connecting from macOS¶

1. Command line access and using graphical user interface applications

2. File Transfer

3. Remote Desktop Access

Connecting from Linux¶

1. Command line access and using graphical user interface applications

2. File Transfer

3. Remote (Graphical) Desktop Environment Access