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| ====== Microsoft Remote Desktop on Linux ====== | ====== Microsoft Remote Desktop on Linux ====== |
| This page describes how to connect to a Windows system at the institute, from your own Linux machine, either on the laptop or wireless network, or from outside the institute. This documentation is for LION based desktops. | This page describes how to connect to a Windows system at the institute, from your own Linux machine, either on the laptop or wireless network, or from outside the institute. The same method also works when connecting to Linux servers that have the ''Remote Desktop Protocol'' enabled (please check with the computergroup to arrange this). |
| ===== VPN ===== | ===== VPN ===== |
| If you are connected through our institute VPN, you should be able to connect directly (so you can skip the tunnel setup). The same is true for our wired (not wireless!) laptop net. | If you are connected through our institute [[:VPN]], you should be able to connect directly (so you can skip the tunnel setup). The same is true for our wired (not wireless!) laptop net. |
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| ===== Tunnel ===== | ===== Tunnel ===== |
| Otherwise, a secure tunnel has to be set up using ssh. The tunnel connects a local ''port'' to a remote port on a specific machine. The port we want here is 3389, which is the port of the remote desktop protocol. This example logs in to ''ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl'' and sets up the tunnel to a remote Windows Desktop: | Otherwise, a secure tunnel has to be set up using ssh. The tunnel connects a local ''port'' to a remote port on a specific machine. Once the tunnel is set up, a client program can comnnect to the local port, and the tunnel takes care of connecting that to the remote destination. |
| ssh -L 3389:<your desktop name>:3389 username@ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl | |
| Alternatively you can user ''ssh.strw.leidenuniv.nl'' for Observatory environment: | The port we want here is 3389, which is the port of the remote desktop protocol. This example logs in to ''ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl'' and sets up the tunnel to a remote Windows Desktop on a machine called SERVER: |
| ssh -L 3389:<your desktop name>:3389 username@ssh.strw.leidenuniv.nl | ssh -L 3389:SERVER:3389 username@ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl |
| Now, you probaly don't want to remember this and type it all the time, so an easy solution is to add an alias in your ''.profile'' (which contains the settings that are executed every time you open a new shell in a terminal): | Now, you probably don't want to remember this and type it all the time, so an easy solution is to add an alias in your ''.profile'' (which contains the settings that are executed every time you open a new shell in a terminal): |
| alias <your desktop name>='ssh -L 3389:<your desktop name>:3389 username@ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl' | alias SERVER='ssh -L 3389:SERVER:3389 username@ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl' |
| or alternatively: | |
| alias <your desktop name>='ssh -L 3389:<your desktop name>:3389 username@ssh.strw.leidenuniv.nl' | |
| Some additional notes: | Some additional notes: |
| * Users should use the appropriate ssh server for their own institute (here LION users ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl and STRW users ssh.strw.leidenuniv.nl) | * Users should use the appropriate ssh server for their own institute |
| * The Windows machine to log in to can just as well be your own Windows desktop, if you have one | * LION: ssh3.physics.leidenuniv.nl |
| | * STRW: ssh.strw.leidenuniv.nl |
| | * Lorentz: ssh.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl |
| | * The machine to log in to (''SERVER'') can just as well be your own desktop, if you have one (and if it has been set up to run RDP) |
| | * The ''SERVER'' could also be our Remote Desktop cluster ''%%rds.physics.leidenuniv.nl%%'' if you have access to that. |
| * The ''username@'' part can be omitted if you have the same username locally on your Linux and on the ssh server. | * The ''username@'' part can be omitted if you have the same username locally on your Linux and on the ssh server. |
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| Note that where ever is written ''%%<your desktop name>%%'' this might be replaces with our Remote Windows Desktop Server pool: ''%%remote.strw.leidenuniv.nl%%'' or ''%%remote.physics.leidenuniv.nl%%'' | ====== Remote Desktop client ====== |
| | A good rdp client for Linux is ''%%remmina%%'' ([[https://remmina.org/how-to-install-remmina/|Remmina Remote Desktop Client]]) , it even allow you to directly setup a tunnel as described above. |
| | Alternatively you can user ''%%xfreerdp%%'', ''%%vinagre%%'' or the Gnome ''%%Connections%%'' app. |
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| ===== Remote Desktop client ===== | Here we describe the setup in ''%%Remina%%'': |
| A good rdp client for Linux is ''%%remmina%%'' ([[https://remmina.org/how-to-install-remmina/|Remmina Remote Desktop Client]]) , it even allow you to directly setup a tunnel as described above. Alternatively you can user ''%%xfreerdp%%'' | |
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| | {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_newprofile.png?50|}} Open the application and press the ''+'' icon (''New connection profile'') in the upper left corner (see left image; click to enlarge). |
| {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_newprofile.png?50|}} Open the application and press ''New connection profile'' in the upper left corner (see left image; click to enlarge). | |
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| {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_protocol.png?50|}} Give the profile a name and select ''RDP'' as protocol. | {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_protocol.png?50|}} Give the profile a name and select ''RDP'' as protocol. |
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| {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_server.png?50|}} Enter the server name and your username | {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_server.png?50|}} Enter the server name and your username. When connecting to Windows computers, provide the correct windows domain here (STERREWACHT or PHYSICS). |
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| {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_resolution.png?50|}} Set a suitable custom resolution at ''Resolution''. | {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_resolution.png?50|}} Optionally, set a suitable custom resolution at ''Resolution'' (Usually, the default will work just fine). |
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| {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_ssh.png?50|}} To allow the communication to go through an ssh tunnel, go to the ''SSH Tunnel'' tab. Press ''Enable SSH tunnel'' and enter your username. | {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_ssh.png?50|}} To allow the communication to go through an ssh tunnel, go to the ''SSH Tunnel'' tab. Press ''Enable SSH tunnel'' and enter your username. |
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| {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_save.png?50|}} Initialise the session by pressing ''Save and Connect'' and enter your password. | {{:manuals:bachelorservers:linux_remmina_save.png?50|}} Initialise the session by pressing ''Save and Connect'' |
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| XXX See how to setup remmina from the [[manuals:bachelorservers:linux|bachelors server access pages]]. | |
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| Now you should see the familiar Windows log in screen and you can go about your business. | |
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| | You should now see a login screen for the machine you are connecting to. Once logged in, you will see a complete desktop environment, running in a window (or fullscreen) on your local computer. |
