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Log in to Rackham's remote desktop via a webbrowser

Rackham's remote desktop environment

Rackham's remote desktop environment via a webbrowser

There are multiple ways to log in to Rackham. This page described how to log in to its remote desktop environment via a web browser.

Procedure

Prefer a video?

This procedure is also shown by this YouTube video.

This is a procedure with one step. Most work will be to fulfill all Rackham usage prerequisites.

1. Go to https://rackham-gui.uppmax.uu.se

In a webbrowser, go to https://rackham-gui.uppmax.uu.se.

  • In the first field, fill in your UPPMAX username, e.g. sven
  • In the second field, fill in your UPPMAX password (e.g. password and your UPPMAX 2FA (e.g. 123456) together, without a space (e.g. `password123456)
How does that page look like?

The page looks like this

After login, you will be on a login node.

How to behave on a login node

On a login node, one can and should do simple things only: it is a resource shared with all other users on that node.

If you need to do more intense calculations, use the Slurm job scheduler.

If you need to do more intense calculations interactively, use an interactive node.

Usage

For tips on how to work with this environment, see the UPPMAX ThinLinc page (as that software is used to do the heavy lifting for that website).