KI 0385 LAB-IT Remote access via Terminalserver/Jumphost

Remote access via Terminalserver/Jumphost means that you first logon a Server that belong to your researchgroup, and from there you can communicate with the equipment that belong to your group.

This solution works well if you need to communicate with the equipment over different protocols f.ex via rdp, ssh, http/https etc.

This solution does not work well if the equipment demands high resolution/multiscreen.

In order to use remote access to instruments you must logon the terminalserver for your researchgroup.
The lab responsible must give you access to the terminalserver

Once logged on the terminalserver you have access to all the instruments that is a part of your researchgroup.

To reach lab equipment running windows you use RDP. To reach lab equipment running Linux you use SSH.

To logon the terminalserver you must either use a computer on the UiB network, or connect to UiB VPN

Logon the terminalserver in Windows:
1. Open Remote Desktop Connection an logon the terminalserver for your research group with your UiB credentials:

In the Computer box you type in the name of the terminal server. (In the picture below we use helium.uib.no as an example):

Mac:
On a mac you first need to install Microsoft Remote Desktop app from Managed Software Update or Mac App Store.

1. Start Microsoft Remote Desktop

2. Choose "new" to create a profile for connecting to the terminalserver:

3. Type in your UiB username with "uib\" in front. In the "PC" field write the name of the terminal server:

4. Close the widow and click the profile that you just created, then click "Start":

5. You will now see a page where you must accept a sertificate, click continue:

Linux:
In this guide we use rdesktop to connect to the terminalserver. You can download rdesktop with the following command:
sudo apt-get install rdesktop

1. Start rdesktop by opening a terminal and type:
rdesktop -d uib -k no helium.uib.no

Arguments:
rdesktop can be run with different arguments. See man rdesktop.

Connect to instruments from the terminalserver:
1. Once logged on the terminalserver you can connect to your instruments by starting the "SelectRDPconnection" icon on the desktop:

2. Choose the Instrument/Lab-PC you want to connect to and click open:

3. You will now get a message about the machine you are connecting to. If you wish to proceed click "OK":

SSH:
1. Once you are logged on the terminalserver start Powershell:

2. Connect to the linux instrument computer. For example: user@hostname.labit.intern
(user is the local user on the lab computer you want to logon as. hostname is the dns name of the lab computer)