Under Login details, type your username (e.g., jdoe) in the Auto-login username text box.Change RGB value: for Green to 128 and Blue to 192. In the Colours window: Under Select a colour to adjust: use the scroll bar and click on ANSI Blue.In the Translation window: Under Character set translation, change Remote character set: to UTF-8 from the pull-down menu.Type the remote Host Name (or IP address) ( ) and Saved Sessions name ( compute) for this saved session.For each remote host name (e.g., ), create a saved session name (e.g., compute) and then define and save its configuration settings as described below. Close the PuTTY Key Generator window by clicking the X in the upper-right corner.Ĭonfigure PuTTY for remote host connectionsĭouble-click the PuTTY desktop icon to open the PuTTY Configuration window.Change the location to your desktop and type a file name to associate with your Key comment (e.g., jdoe).Type the same phrase in the Confirm passphrase text box.Type an easy-to-remember phrase for this private key in the Key passphrase text box.Change the value in the Key comment text box to a more meaningful hint (e.g.The Key comment will appear as a hint whenever you are prompted for the passphrase for this key.You must move the mouse around in the empty area of the PuTTY Key Generator window to add randomness to the key. Click Generate to generate a public/private key pair.Click PuTTYgen in the All Programs\PuTTY folder to start PuTTYgen and display the PuTTY Key Generator window.Generate your public/private key in PuTTY At Select Components, select all of the listed fonts.Follow the recommended (default) choices with one exception:.Double-click the downloaded Xming-fonts-x-x-x-x-setup.exe file to begin the Xming fonts installation.At Completing the Xming Setup Wizard, uncheck.If prompted by the firewall, click Unblock. Double-click the downloaded Xming-x-x-x-x-setup.exe file to begin the Xming installation.At the Xming distribution site, download and save the latest versions of Xming and the Xming-fonts.At Completing the PuTTY Setup Wizard, clear the View README.txt check box before clicking Finish.Follow the recommended (default) choices except for the following:.Double-click the downloaded file to begin the PuTTY installation.To use PuTTY effectively and securely, we also recommend that you set up your public/private key pair (digital identity) to use with all remote host connections. We strongly recommend PuTTY for the SSH program and Xming for the X-Windows server program.
(1) Install a secure shell program (SSH) to establish a remote connection.
This document tells you how to get started with X11 and SSH on local Windows desktop systems. In a cluster computing environment, X11 and SSH are typically used to connect to the cluster's head node as illustrated below.
X-windows (X11) and SSH software let you run certain types of software on a remote UNIX server (host) while displaying and controlling the software's graphical user interface (GUI) on your local desktop system.