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NoMachineClientSetupNoMachineisaprogramthatconnectsyourlaptoptoavirtualmachineonthecloudwhereyouwillrunvariousapplicationsduringthehands-onsessions.ThefollowinginstructionsdescribetheprocessofsettingupNoMachineonyourcomputer.TheseinstructionsapplytobothWindowsandMacs.
GettingStarted
1. Gotohttp://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2016/nomachine_key.txtfortheNoMachinelicensekey.Youmayneedtocopytheentirecontentsofthelicensekeyandpasteitintoaplaintextfile(e.g.NotepadinWindowsorTextEditinMacOS).Savethefileasclient.id_dsa.keytoyourmachine.(Thisisthefirststepbecauseyouwillneedtohavethekeyfileonhandduringsoftwareinstallation.)
2. HaveyourassignedAWShostIPaddress,accountusername,andpasswordonhand.Youshouldhavereceivedthisinformationonthefirstdayoftheworkshop.
3. DownloadandinstalltheNoMachineclient(version5.1.26)at:https://www.nomachine.com
StartingtheNoMachineApplication
1. AfterinstallingNoMachine,opentheprogrameitherfromtheStartbutton(Windows)ortheApplications(MacOS)folder.
2. Atthewelcomescreen,clickContinue.
3. OntheRecentconnectionsscreen,clickNewtocreateanewconnection.
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4. SelectSSHforProtocol,thenclickContinue.
5. EnteryourassignedAWShostIPaddressforHost,thenclickContinue.
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CreatingaNewConnection
1. SelectUsetheNoMachinelogin,thenclickContinue.
2. ChecktoselectUsealternateserverkey,thenthenclick tolocateandloadyourclient.id_dsa.keyfile.Whenfinished,clickContinue.
3. Attheproxyscreen(notshown),selectDon’tuseaproxyandthenclickContinue.
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4. Nameyourconnection,thenclickDone.
OpeningtheDesktop
1. FromtheRecentconnectionsscreen,clicktoselecttheconnectionyoucreated,thenclickConnect.
2. AttheVerifyHostAuthenticityscreen(notshown),clickYes.
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3. Enteryourusernameandpasswordintheloginscreen,thenclickOK.
4. SelectCreateanewGnomevirtualDesktop,thenclickContinue.
5. AfteryouhavecreatedyourfirstNoMachineconnection,subsequentNoMachinesessionscanbeinitiatedsimplybyhighlightingyourconnectionandclickingConnect,whichbringsuptheaccountloginpage.Fromthatpoint,continuebystartinganewdesktopontheAWSComputeServer.
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ResizingtheDesktop
1. Clickthesecondiconatthebottom-leftareaofthescreentoresizeyourremotescreen.
2. Clickandholdonawindowcorner,thendragthewindowtothedesiredsize,makingitfairlylargeenoughtoaccommodatepop-upwindowswithinyourdesktop.
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3. Ifyoudidn’tresizethewindowinthepreviousstep,youmayselect“Displaythemenupanelasawindow(preferred)or“Displaythemenucoveringallscreen”.
4. Ifyouneedtoresizeyourremotedesktoponceitisrunning,gotoSystem->Preferences->Displaywithinthedesktop.Ifthepop-upmenudoesn’tfitonthescreen,youmayhavetotabthroughandcounttheoff-screenfields.Thelastoff-screenfieldwillcancelanychanges;thenext-to-lastfieldisapplyanychanges.
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OtherTasks
Toopenaterminalwindowforacommand-lineinterface,gotoApplications->SystemTools->Terminal.
Whenyou’refinishedandreadytologoutofNoMachine,clickonyournameintheupper-rightcornerandselectQuit.