{"id":8732,"date":"2024-11-12T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=8732"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:26:10","slug":"ssh-connection-with-x2go-remote-desktop-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/ssh-connection-with-x2go-remote-desktop-client\/","title":{"rendered":"SSH Connection with x2go Remote Desktop Client"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>SSH Connection with x2go Remote Desktop Client<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color:red;\">DEPRECATED &#8211; x2go is not used on newer images created since the Fall of 2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/ssh-connection-with-turbovnc\/\">Instead use TurboVNC with our newer images<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Download x2go: <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.x2go.org\/doku.php\/download:start\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can find a video demo of these instructions here: <a title=\"Connect to Remote Desktop via x2go (Video)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CxPyKZNVCRI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connect to Remote Desktop via x2go (Video)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Use the following settings to make the connection<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Some of your settings will be different<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>host<\/strong>: <strong style=\"color: red;\">134.117.216.10<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Replace this with your own instance&#8217;s <strong>floating IP address<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>username<\/strong>: <strong style=\"color: red;\">student<\/strong> &#8211; <em>default for most of our openstack images;<\/em> <em>Sometimes called <strong>Login<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>password<\/strong>: <strong style=\"color: red;\">student<\/strong> &#8211; <em>default for most of our openstack images<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Install x2go, following the application&#8217;s instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Open x2go<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Windows you may get a warning to allow x2go to access the network (firewall rule change); approve the request. This may also pop-up each time you create a new session (described below), so you may have to approve the request more than once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Create a new session in x2go by clicking <strong>Session -&gt; New Session<\/strong><br \/>\nThe key settings that must be entered in the x2go session settings window that pops up are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Host:<\/strong> <strong style=\"color: red;\">134.117.216.10<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Login:<\/strong> <strong style=\"color: red;\">student<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Session Type:<\/strong> <strong style=\"color: red;\">XFCE<\/strong> &#8211; <em>This is used for many of our course images, but your course may have a different preferred desktop. Another common one we use is LXDE<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the settings are entered, click <strong>OK<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5481\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession.png 586w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-160x211.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-240x317.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-400x528.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-360x475.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In x2go you will see a new session connection:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5486\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-ready.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-ready.png 1019w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-ready-160x99.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-ready-240x149.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-ready-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-ready-400x248.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-newsession-ready-360x223.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click on the session to initiate the connection:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will be asked to enter the instance&#8217;s <strong>password<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>If it is the first time you are connecting to the instance with x2go<\/strong>, you will be asked if you trust and approve connecting to the host. Again, approve the connection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5487\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-enterpassword.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-enterpassword.png 1019w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-enterpassword-160x99.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-enterpassword-240x149.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-enterpassword-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-enterpassword-400x248.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-enterpassword-360x223.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, a window should pop-up connected to the desktop:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5488\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-connected.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-connected.png 786w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-connected-160x121.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-connected-240x181.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-connected-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-connected-400x302.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2go-connected-360x272.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSH Connection with x2go Remote Desktop Client DEPRECATED &#8211; x2go is not used on newer images created since the Fall of 2024 &#8211; Instead use TurboVNC with our newer images Download x2go: here You can find a video demo of these instructions here: Connect to Remote Desktop via x2go (Video) Use the following settings to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[61,58,99,57],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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