Tools

The virtual machines lives on their own private IP network, and accessing them requires some tools and configuration. Our tools handles three special kind of URLs :

• hadesssh:// for ssh.
• hadesvnc:// for remote (VNC) display.
• hadesscp:// for remote file transfer (scp).

Virtual machines’ IP addresses never change! Feel free to save links to your machines in your browser or on your desktop.

For windows.

• Install the tools for windows.
  • This installer contains all the tools needed to access a VM running on hades:
    • Some tools for ssh (putty, pageant, plink, puttygen)
    • A scp client (winscp)
    • A VNC client (vncviewer)
• Generate your ssh public key
  • run PuttyGen (a shortcut should be in the start menu)
    • Click generate and move the mouse as requested
    • Save the private key as in your home/hades/sshfwd.ppk (example : c:\users\uadmin\hades\sshfwd.ppk).
    • Copy the public key from the top text field and email it to hades at hevs dot ch

For Linux

We provide an installer for debian-likes. It is always possible to use the manual configuration.

• Install the tools.
• Generate your ssh public key (only if you don’t have one)
  • file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
    • If the file exists, skip the creation.
  • ssh-keygen -t rsa
    • save the key as ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  • email ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to hades at hevs dot ch

Now you can either use the hadesssh://VM_IP URL for accessing your VM or the ssh-hades cluster@VM_IP command line tool. The hadesscp:// protocol is currently not supported on linux, the scp-hades command should be used instead.