This instruction applies to Linux remote servers of the university:
- kataja6.oulu.fi
- kataja7.oulu.fi
- kataja8.oulu.fi
To access the university’s Linux remote servers, your computer must be connected to the campus network either via a wired network connection (university devices only), wirelessly via eduroam, or via a VPN connection.
For the VPN connection, your computer must have a VPN client installed; FortiClient or OpenVPN. In addition, OpenVPN needs an Eduroam profile file to work. There are separate instructions for their installation:
- Instructions for different opereting systems: FortiClient installation and VPN connection (oulu.fi)
- Instruction for OpenVPN users: Eduvpn profile creating (UO)
- Instructions for different opereting systems: OpenVPN client installing instructions (UO)
This instruction shows how to open a remote desktop connection from your workstation to a Linux remote server:
If you do not know the operating system and the name of the server, check this page: Remote Desktops.
From Windows computer to Linux server
On the first time:
(1) Load and install X2Go in your Windows 10 computer at: https://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/4.1.2.0-2018.06.22/
- Installation is pretty straightforwardly and you can do it with default settings.
(2) When you start X2Go for first time, it may ask two firewall settings:
- Allow Pulseaudio, it is needed if you want get sounds from the server.
- Allow SSHD, if you want mount your local folders to server.
(3) Create a connection profile with the function New session:
- Host: enter a name of the remote server
- Login: enter your university user account
- SSH port: 22
- Session type: XFCE
- Check on
- On the Media tab > Sound settings: check that both Enable sound support and Client side printing support are unselected.
Open the remote desktop connection this way:
- Open X2Go and double click the connection profile you have created.
- If asked, enter your username and password.
From Mac computer to Linux server
On the first time:
(1) If you have not XQuartz installed, you need to install it before you can connect X2Go. Install XQuartez from: https://www.xquartz.org/
(2) Load X2Go Client from: https://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/download:start
- Choose the installer: macOS 10.13 and higher DMG and install it.
(3) Enter the name of remote server and your account on the tab Session:
- Host: enter a name of the remote server
- Login: enter your university user account
- SSH port: 22
- Session type: XFCE
- On the Media tab > Sound settings: check that both Enable sound support and Client side printing support are unselected.
Open the remote desktop connection this way:
- Open X2Go and double click the connection profile you have created.
- If asked, enter your username and password.