{"id":53,"date":"2017-11-29T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T18:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/?p=53"},"modified":"2021-04-29T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:21:08","slug":"connecting-to-bioinformatics-msc-gnulinux-virtual-machines-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/2017\/11\/29\/connecting-to-bioinformatics-msc-gnulinux-virtual-machines-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting to Bioinformatics MSc GNU\/Linux virtual machines from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Intended audience:<\/strong> Newcastle Bioinformatics students.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.x2go.org\/doku.php\/download:start\">Install X2go<\/a> into your home computer.<\/li>\n<li>When setting up the connection to your VM, also tick the &#8220;use proxy server for SSH connection&#8221; box and set up an SSH proxy using linux.cs.ncl.ac.uk, with the same username and password that you use for your VM.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_59\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/files\/2017\/11\/x2go-session-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/files\/2017\/11\/x2go-session-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-59\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Session tab settings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>Set up the connection tab to reflect the connection speed that you have.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_56\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/files\/2017\/11\/x2go-connection.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/files\/2017\/11\/x2go-connection-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-56\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connection tab settings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>As usual, turn off sound and printing.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_57\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/files\/2017\/11\/x2go-media.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helengriffiths\/files\/2017\/11\/x2go-media-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-57\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Media settings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When using the VM, I recommend that you do your web browsing on your local machine and not the VM.  This is because the Google homepage continuously uses network access, even if idle, and this degrades the X2Go experience.<\/p>\n<p><em>Comments are disabled. If there is an inaccuracy in this page or you need further help with SSH jump host use, please <a href=\"https:\/\/nuservice.ncl.ac.uk\/LDSD.WebAccess.Integrated\/ss\/object\/open.rails?class_name=Config.Service&amp;key=ea45588b-c9dd-4f75-b352-3c83b92d57e1\">raise a Service Desk ticket<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intended audience: Newcastle Bioinformatics students. Install X2go into your home computer. When setting up the connection to your VM, also tick the &#8220;use proxy server for SSH connection&#8221; box and set up an SSH proxy using linux.cs.ncl.ac.uk, with the same username and password that you use for your VM. 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