Remote access to the observatory

In this article we explain how to access our observatory remotely using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

For Linux users we recommend Remmina, which to our knowledge is available in the repositories of all major distributions. Nevertheless, the following configuration is in principle transferable to any other RDP client.

After Remmina has been started, the first thing to do is to create a new profile by clicking on the button in the upper left corner (see image above). The fields Name, Group, Server, Username and Password must be set (see image below). Name is the name of the profile, which can be chosen freely. Group must be set to WORKGROUP. Server is the IP of the Observatory Management System (OMS). The Username for daily use is BP34_User. Password is self-explanatory. Server and Password will be provided on request.

If access is not via the local IP address space, an SSH tunnel must be established. To do this, you should select the SSH Tunnel tab in the profile configuration-window (see image below). After that you have to select Custom, set the server name to one of the computers of the Astro Cluster, e.g. prakt.astro.physk.uni-potsdam.de and use a valid user name like castor. If authentication is not done by public key cryptography, the Password must be set as well.

After saving the configuration, the connection can be established at any time by double-clicking on the corresponding entry.

TBA