Login to a desktop environment via a remote desktop client¶
Learning outcomes
- Practice using the documentation of your HPC center
- Can log in to a remote desktop environment using a remote desktop client
For teachers
Teaching goals are:
- Learners have practiced using the documentation of their HPC cluster
- Learners can log in to a remote desktop environment using a remote desktop client
What is a remote desktop client?¶
A remote desktop environment, accessed via a local ThinLinc client
A remote desktop client is a program we run on our local computer to access a remote desktop environment.
Depending on your HPC cluster, there may be a different remote desktop client being recommended.
| HPC cluster | Remote desktop client |
|---|---|
| Alvis | Remmina, krdp |
| Bianca | None |
| COSMOS | ThinLinc |
| Dardel | ThinLinc |
| Kebnekaise | ThinLinc |
| Pelle | ThinLinc |
| Tetralith | ThinLinc |
Exercises¶
Need a video?
The solution of these exercises can be found:
| HPC cluster | YouTube video |
|---|---|
| Alvis | YouTube video |
| Bianca | Impossible, hence no video |
| COSMOS | YouTube video |
| Dardel | YouTube video |
| Kebnekaise | YouTube video |
| Pelle | YouTube video |
| Tetralith | YouTube video |
How difficult will this be?
This depends only on your HPC cluster:
| HPC Cluster | Difficulty | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Alvis | Medium | Uses SSH keys, must be in SUNET |
| Berzelius | Easy | Uses password |
| Bianca | Medium | Uses password, must be in SUNET |
| COSMOS | Easy | Uses password |
| Dardel | Medium | Uses SSH keys |
| Kebnekaise | Easy | Uses password |
| LUMI | Medium | Uses SSH keys |
| Pelle | Easy | Uses password |
| Tetralith | Easy | Uses password |
| Vera | Easy | Uses password |
Here, we log in to your HPC cluster's remote desktop environment using a remote desktop client, starting from the documentation of your favorite HPC cluster.
Where is the documentation of my favorite HPC cluster?
| HPC Cluster | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Alvis | Documentation |
| Berzelius | Documentation |
| Bianca | Documentation |
| COSMOS | Documentation |
| Dardel | Documentation |
| Kebnekaise | Documentation |
| LUMI | Documentation |
| Pelle | Documentation |
| Rackham | Documentation |
| Tetralith | Documentation |
| Vera | Documentation |
Exercise 1: login using a remote desktop client¶
Go to the documentation of your HPC center, then answer these questions:
- Find the page about how to login to your HPC cluster's remote desktop environment using a remote desktop client
I cannot find it. Where is it?
| HPC cluster | Documentation |
|---|---|
| Alvis | Documentation |
| Bianca | Documentation |
| COSMOS | Documentation |
| Dardel | Documentation |
| Kebnekaise | Documentation |
| Pelle | Documentation |
| Tetralith | Documentation |
- Log in to your HPC cluster using a remote desktop client