to cluster.act.rdg.ac.uk (RACC). We will just list the settings which cannot be set using the graphical interface. You can then set up arc-ssh as the gateway server. It is not very practical to login twice, and using sftp functionality will be easier, i.e. We recommend that you use the installer version, not the portable version to install all free MobaXterm functionality on your machine. To connect to this tunnel, applications running on your local machine will be directed to connect on port 4444 on localhost (your local machine). To create a new session, click the “Session” button in the top left. We recommend that users who want to connect to the RACC follow the instruction up to point 3. In most Linux distributions, this is the default setting. we will use MobaXterm sftp functionality to transfer files between your home machine and UoR systems we will set up SOCKS proxy tunnel and port forwarding tunnels that can be used instead of VPN we will use MobaXterm to remote to Windows machines on campus with RDP protocol, and using arc-ssh as a transparent jump host Once you have the SSH SOCKS proxy set up to be started when launching MobaXterm, we can just launch MobaXterm, and then we can use the NX client to connect to nx.reading.ac.uk as if on campus. Enter the information listed below into Basic SFTP settings. Then you’ll see a screen that allows you to enter the settings for that session. 1. However, you can also set it up so that the plug-in automatically uses proxy for specific URLs and no proxy for other URLs. This procedure is also shown in the video: arc-ssh for Linux and Mac users – step by step guide, act-ssh – connection caching for automated data transfers from Unix, Connecting to NX from Outside the University Campus, Accessing Windows Servers and Desktops from off campus, Telephone: 0118 378 6262 or extension 6262. You likely already have a “jhpce01.jhsph.edu” session configured for logging into the JHPCE cluster; Click on the “Session” icon in the upper left corner. Profiles can be used to save connection information and connection specific settings. In the sections below, we will use this SOCKS proxy with two applications – with the NoMachine client to connect to the UoR NX service and with a web browser to browse the Web as if on campus, such that you can access web resources available only on the campus network. Startup MobaXterm. You can replace rds-node1.act.rdg.ac.uk in this example with any other Windows machine on campus that allows you to connect to it using remote desktop. This is for the sftp/scp tab in the left panel in your MobaXterm window. In this case, the configuration file will be read from your intranet and any modification made by the user will be saved in a new MobaXterm.ini file created under %MyDocuments%\MobaXterm folder. These options should be used by advanced users only: Concerning SFTP in MobaXterm, some settings can be tuned by editing them directly within MobaXterm configuration file (under the [SFTP] section): We hope that this post will be helpful for you. SOCKS proxy can be used instead of VPN, however, it is a completely different approach. How to locate my MobaXterm configuration file? To set it up we just need to type two commands in the local terminal – one to generate the ssh keys on your home machine (if you do not have them yet) and the second command to transfer the public key to arc-ssh, which puts them into your UoR Unix home directory. If there are problems with authentication, check if you have the internal ssh agent switched on (see section on SSH settings) and if you are using a recent version of MobaXterm. Using SOCKS proxy from Firefox settings is less convenient.  Here we just use the basic feature of the plug-in, you will just be able to toggle connecting via proxy on and off. mobaxterm: xwindow. 6. you can connect to the RACC, as shown in the screenshot below. Pro. To get a reasonable display quality you might want to tick ‘Enhanced graphics’. Pro. 5. Now we can copy and paste the link obtained when launching Jupyter Notebook in the first tab into the web browser on our local machine. RACC), and for file transfers. Having enabled that option, quit and restart MobaXTerm before continuing.