A tutorial on how-to use ClusterDesktop on Mac

1. How to use ClusterDesktop
Note: Before connecting to your computer, download and
install ClusterDesktop on it. For more information see “Tutorial
on how-to run ClusterDesktop for Mac“. To start working
remotely on your computer use one of the following methods –
VNC, RDP, SCP or noVNC connection:
I. VNC connection
1. Check on your account if VNC port is open – click
once on it if closed /
when the button is
white – the port is
closed, and when
the button is blue –
the port is open
for one connection /
ClusterDesktop

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ClusterDesktop
2. Download VNC Viewer
➢ Go to http://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/
➢ Download VNC Viewer
for Mac
➢ Type your Name, Email
and click “Submit”

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ClusterDesktop
➢ Check “I have read and
accept these terms and
conditions” and click
„Download“
3. Click Save File
4. Run the file you downloaded
➢ Check “Don't warn me when
opening application on this disk
image ” and click “Open”

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ClusterDesktop
➢ Check as shown in the picture
and cluck “OK”
➢ Type your server and port as
shown below

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ClusterDesktop
Example: server-001.clusterdesktop.com:1029
II. Remote Desktop Connection
1. In the site of ClusterDesktop, when logged in, check if
RDP port is open – click once on it if closed
2. Go to App Store and find Microsoft RDP and click
install
3. Run Microsoft Remote Desktop
4. Click on “New“
5. Type „Connection name“
6.Type your server and port as shown below

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ClusterDesktop
Example: server-001.clusterdesktop.com:1030
7. Start connection ClusterDesktop you just created

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ClusterDesktop
III. SSH connection
1. In the site of ClusterDesktop, when logged in, check if
SCP port is open – click once on it, if closed
2. Connect to VNC server, using SSH tunnel
➢ Click on “Shell“ and then
on „New Remote Connection“
➢ Set up as shown in the picture
below
2.1 Click on “Secure Shell (ssh)
2.2 Type your remote computer
username
2.3 Type: ssh -p “Your ClusterDesktop SCP port “ your
remote computer username@

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ClusterDesktop
ClusterDesktop server -L 55900:localhost:55900
Example: ssh -p 1031 test@server-001.clusterdesktop.com
-L 55900:localhost:55900
2.4 Click “Connect”
➢ Type your remote
computer password
and press Enter

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ClusterDesktop
➢ Start VNC Viewer
➢ Type localhost:55900 and
click „Connect“
➢ Click „Continue“
➢ Type your VNC password
and click „OK“

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ClusterDesktop
3. Connect to RDP server, using SSH tunnel
➢ Click on “Shell“ and then
on „New Remote Connection“
➢ Set up as shown in the picture
below
3.1 Click on “Secure Shell (ssh)
3.2 Type your remote computer
username
3.3 Type: ssh -p “Your ClusterDesktop
SCP port “ your remote computer username@
ClusterDesktop server -L 3389:localhost:3389
Example: ssh -p 1031 test@server-001.clusterdesktop.com
-L 3389:localhost:3389

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ClusterDesktop
3.4 Click “Connect”
➢ Type your remote
computer password
and press Enter
➢ In the site of ClusterDesktop,
when logged in, check if RDP
port is open – click once on it if
closed
➢ Go to Apple Store and find Microsoft RDP and click install
➢ Run Microsoft Remote Desktop

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ClusterDesktop
3.5 Click on “New“
3.6 Type „Connection name“
3.7 Type localhost:3389
3.8 Type your remote computer
username
3.9 Click as shown in the
picture
➢ Start the connection you just created

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ClusterDesktop
IV. SCP connection – you can use Jftp, FireFTP to transfer
files
1.In the site of ClusterDesktop, when logged in, check if
SCP port is open – click once on it if closed
2. How to use FireFTP
➢ Go to http://fireftp.net/
➢ Download FireFTP
➢ Click Allow

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ClusterDesktop
➢ Install FireFTP and restart
Firefox
➢ Open Mozilla Firefox and login to your account in
ClusterDesktop site
➢ Click on “Transfer files online with FireFTP Add-on for
Firefox” as shown in the picture below

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ClusterDesktop
➢ Click Yes

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➢ Type username and password of
the remote computer and click
OK
ClusterDesktop
➢ Type „/cygdrive“ and press Enter to see your device file
structure

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ClusterDesktop
➢ You can see two areas when you connect with FireFTP as
shown in the picture below
Area 1 – directories and files of the device you are using to
connect to your PC
Area 2 – directories and files of the computer on which you
installed ClusterDesktop – your Remote PC.

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ClusterDesktop
V. NoVNC connection
1. Login to your account in ClusterDesktop site
2.Check if noVNC port is open – click once on it if closed
3. Click on “Open noVNC HTML5” as shown in the picture

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ClusterDesktop
Note: If your internet connection is slow, you can set different
timeout for connecting with noVNC as shown in the picture

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ClusterDesktop
4. Type /if not already filled in/:
1 - your server and noVNC
port, 2 - your VNC password if
you have one (if not leave
blank ), 3 - click “Connect”