Local workstations

We have four local workstations in lab, each equipped with 40CPUS, 4GPUS, and >50TB of storage.

Gaining access to our workstations:

  1. Have the tech person send email to BIT asking to create a user for you on all four workstations.

  2. Install CU-Boulder’s VPN

  3. Connect to the terminal:

    • Mac/Linux users

    1. Open the Terminal app or a terminal emulator

    2. ssh <username>@<hostname>.int.colorado.edu (see tech person for hostnames)

    3. Enter password (the cursor will not advance, but you can backspace, if you think you entered it wrong)

    4. Press Enter, you should now be connected to the workstation’s terminal

    • Windows users

    1. Install PuTTY

    2. In the Host Name (or IP Address) section, enter the <hostname> to one of the Workstations

    3. Make sure the Port is set to 22

    4. Select SSH as the Connection Type

    5. Save the session for future use (if it isn’t prepopulated next time you can load the session)

    6. Then click Open

    7. Enter your username in the new dialog window, press Enter

    8. Enter your password when prompted and press Enter you should not be connected to the workstation’s terminal

  4. Starting a remote desktop:

    • Mac users

    1. Log onto the workstation you want to use through a terminal execute:

    • echo "xfce4-session" > ~/.Xclients

    • chmod a+x ~/.Xclients

    1. Install the Microsoft Remote Desktop app from the App Store

    2. Open the Microsoft Remote Desktop app

    3. Click on the + drop-down menu and select Add PC

    4. In the PC name section, enter the <hostname> of the desired workstation

    5. Click on the User account drop-down menu and select Add User Account...

    6. Enter your <username> and <password> and click Add

    7. Enter a Friendly name for the workstation, if desired.

    8. Click Add

    9. Now you should now see a new box associated with the workstation you added

    10. Double click on the box to open the connection

    11. Accept the warning message to continue

    12. A remote desktop should open once the connection is established

    • Windows users

    1. Log onto the workstation you want to use through a terminal execute:

    • echo "xfce4-session" > ~/.Xclients

    • chmod a+x ~/.Xclients

    1. Search the search bar for the Remote Desktop Connection app, click to start

    2. Enter the designated <hostname> for the Computer

    3. Click Connect

    4. Click Yes for the security question

    5. A login window should pop up, login with your identikey credentials

    *Mate and Gnome desktops may be available as well, simply use echo "mate-session" > ~/.Xclients or echo "gnome-session" > ~/.Xclients instead of the above command.