Tutorial 0: Remote Access

Hai Cao X.
March 12, 2024

Abstract

This tutorial is to help students access the server of DOElab. In this document, students will try to
connect the server through VPN, change their passwords, and open their sessions. At the end, it presents
the policy of the server, so please read the document thoroughly and follow these steps carefully.
In case you encounter any problems, please email the IT: cxhai.sdh221@hcmut.edu.vn with the subject
“[SERVER203 TUT0]”

1 Connect to VPN
1.1 Install Wireguard
Wireguard is a VPN client that establishes a VPN connection to the remote server. Please go to this link
and install it: https://www.wireguard.com/install/. When you’ve had Wireguard installed, open it and
drag the config file given by TA and activate the connection.

1.2 Check the connection

After activating the VPN, open Powershell and try to ping to the server miranda.doelab.site.

1 ping miranda.doelab.site

1.3 For MacOS and Linux users

Please contact TA.

2 Change password
In each class, besides the VPN config, every group will be given a login credential email like below:

1 Username: comp
2 Password: *****
3 Login: miranda.doelab.site
4 Compute: ophelia, cordelia

One member of each group will activate the VPN and use the username and password to login. The login
server in this example is miranda.doelab.site, and the compute servers (ophelia and cordelia) are where
he/she runs his/her jobs. However, the default password is only for the first login, and the group has to
change it right after its first attempt.

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 First, open Powershell and ssh to the login server. For example, if the username is comp:

1 ssh comp@miranda.doelab.site

The server asks for establishing the connection, typing yes to continue. Then, typing the current or default
password, but the password is invisible. When the prompt asking for changing password appears, type the
current password once and the new password twice. However, the new password must be more than 8
letters. If the new password is not accepted, please repeat the process.

3 Remote Desktop
In order to connect to the server, open Remote Desktop, then type the login server. There is a login screen
asking for username and password, type the username and password.

4 Filezilla
To transfer or copy files between your computer and the server may be tedious and exhausted, FileZilla
provides a GUI explorer to mitigate that burden.

4.1 Install FileZilla

Choose and install the version that suits your OS: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php.

4.2 Connect to Server203

At the top of FileZilla, fill in these information and click “Quick Connect”

• Host: your login

• Username: your username

• Password: your password

• Port: 22