S3DF NoMachine information:

Important notes:

Installation and Usage instructions:


You can run a single "xterm" or "gnome-session" floating window, if you prefer.  This floating window works seamlessly in your native desktop or laptop environment. To try this, select "New Desktop", then "Create a new custom session" (instead of "Create a new virtual desktop").  You can enter "gnome-terminal" in the "Run the following command" box to run a single gnome-terminal, and you can then start other X11 programs from that gnome-terminal (after ssh'ing to another machine if necessary). It takes a few seconds for the gnome-terminal to appear, and you can minimize the other NoMachine windows to get them out of the way after your gnome-terminal starts.



Connectivity Details

SLAC IT and SDF server address

nx.slac.stanford.edu

S3DF server address

s3dfnx.slac.stanford.edu

protocol (same for both above)SSH (Port 22)

Documentation

Enterprise Terminal Server v6 - Install and Config Guidehttps://www.nomachine.com/DT06O00142
SLAC NoMachine slack channelhttps://slac.slack.com/app_redirect?channel=comp-NoMachine

There are three load balanced servers providing resources, and each of them has 16 CPU cores, and 128 GB of memory. If you need to debug or test something, you can ssh directly into the members of the cluster, however the NoMachine interface and login is accessed using the “nx.slac.stanford.edu” server name. The member hostnames of the NoMachine cluster are nx1.slac.stanford.edu, nx2.slac.stanford.edu, and nx3.slac.stanford.edu.

The local /home directory is not currently backed up. The local /home directory is not intended for permanent storage. Networked filesystems such as AFS, NFS, GPFS, or Lustre should be used for data and permanent storage.

Desktop environment:
The desktop environment installed is MATE, which was chosen for the balance of user friendliness, and also being lightweight on memory and cpu requirements.  
Terminal emulation:
The recommended terminal emulation program is gnome-terminal. Other choices which are installed include xterm, mate-terminal, and xfce4-terminal.  
Screenlock/Screensaver:

You can adjust the timing and behavior of the screenlock for your session.  Once you have established your session, look for "System" (upper left) and go to "Preference"->"Look and Feel"->"Screensaver".

Browser access:
We recommend using the NoMachine client application (as described above), but if you want to try the browser access, you can use this URL:
https://nx.slac.stanford.edu:4443