¶ MobaXtrem
MobaXtrem is an enhanced terminal for Windows with built-in X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and fun games!
Download and install the “Home Edition (Installer edition)” from here.
Mobaxterm general configuration
Open MobaXtrem and press “Settings” button to open “Mobaxterm Configuration” window.
- Keep alive
To prevent disconnecting from a session on the cluster when there is no activity you need to select “SSH keepalive” under “SSH” tab.
- X11 Forwarding
X Forwarding is used for opening software with a graphical user interface (GUI) from a remote server.
Under “X11” tab see that “Automatically start X server at Mobaxterm start up” is selected.
Mobaxterm session configuration
In MobaXtrem press "Session" button at the top left side of the window to configure a connection to the cluster.
Press "SSH" button at top left corner of “Session settings” window.
- Configure basic and advanced settings
- In “Basic SSH settings” enter for “Remote host” moriah-gw.cs.huji.ac.il and leave port number at 22.
- Under “Advanced SSH Settings” tab see that “X11-Forwarding” is selected.
- Still under “Advanced SSH Settings” tab set “SSH-browser type” to None.
- In “Basic SSH settings” select “Specify username” and press icon next to username dropdown list to configure a new username.
- Configure username
In the “Mobaxterm passwords settings” window press “New” button to configure a new user.
A new window will open to configure the username.
- In the “Name” field enter a name for this user.
- In the “Username” field enter your username.
- Leave “Password” field empty.
- Press OK button to save and OK button at bottom of “Mobaxterm passwords settings” window.
- Select from the dropdown list the name of the username you just created.
- Configure a name for the session
Go to “Bookmark settings” tab and enter a name in the “Session name” field.
Press OK button at bottom of “Session settings” window to save the session you just created.
- Configure Jump Server
Select “Network settings” tab and press “SSH gateway (jump host)”.
Configure Jump Host:
- Gateway host: bava.cs.huji.ac.il
- Username: your Unix username
- Port: 22
- Press OK to save
