ClusterDesktop how-to install on computer with Linux

How to install ClusterDesktop

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1. Go to https://www.clusterdesktop.com/

2. Click on “Register new user”

3. Fill the blank fields and press “Register user”,

4. Login to your account

5. Click to download 32 or 64 bit version of ClusterDesktop

https://www.clusterdesktop.com/

6.On ClusterDesktop Terms of Service scroll down to the end of the document and click “Accept all”

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7. Save file cd.bsx.run or cd.x64.bsx.run if you use 64 bit Linux


8. Go to your downloads, right click on file cd.bsx.run (or cd.x64.bsx.run) and click on “Properties”

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9. Go to “Permissions”, check “Allow this file to run as a program” and click “Close”

How to install ClusterDesktop10. Create empty file “cd.sh”

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11. Right click on file cd.sh and open with “Leafpad”

How to install ClusterDesktop12. From your ClusterDesktop account copy text from “Area 1”

(if you use 64 bit Operating System copy Area 2) to file cd.sh

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13.On first row of cd.sh type #!/bin/bash and press enter

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14.On second row of cd.sh type cd and path to your cd.sh and cd.bsx.run file

Example: cd /home/user/Downloads

How to install ClusterDesktop15.Type as shown in the picture below

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15.1 Type your Linux User Password

15.2 Type your ClusterDesktop Username

15.3 Type your ClusterDesktop Password

15.4 Type your VNC Password if you have one

Example is shown on the picture below


16. On the end of third roll delete Area 1 and ]

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17. Save file cd.sh

18. Right click on file cd.sh and click “Properties”

19. Go to “Permissions”, check “Allow this file to run as a program” and click “Close”

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20. Open Terminal and type “sudo leafpad /etc/sudoers“, press Enter, type password and press Enter

How to install ClusterDesktop21. Type “user ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL” as shown in the picture

(Note: user is your Linux username) and save

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22. If you want to start ClusterDesktop automatically with the start of your computer, you need to enable autologin for your Linux user account and setup ClusterDesktop to start automatically with your session. For this go to “Settings Manager” and click on “Session and Startup”

How to install ClusterDesktop23. Setup as shown in the picture

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23.1 Click to “Application Autostart ”

23.2 Click “Add”

23.3 Type ClusterDsktop

23.4 Select file cd.sh

23.5 Click “OK”

23.6 Click “Close”


The next slides describe how to install additional packages /if not already installed/ for your Linux distro. Please note that:

● apt-get is package manager for Debian based distributions

● rpm and yum is package manager for Red Hat, Fedora and CentOS

● urpmi is package manager for Mandriva

● zypp is package manager for SuSE

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How to install ClusterDesktopNote1: If you want to use secure connection to your

computer, to be able to redirect ports to use services running on your computer and secure copy files, then you need setup SCP as described below

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1. Open Terminal and type “sudo apt-get install openssh-server“, press Enter, type “Y“ and press Enter

2. Type “sudo leafpad /etc/ssh/sshd_config” and press Enter


3. Setup Port 50022 as shown in the picture and save

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4. Type “sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart” and press Enter

How to install ClusterDesktopNote2: If you want to connect to your computer using Remote Desktop you will need to setup RDP as described below

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1. In Terminal type “sudo apt-get install xrdp“, press Enter, type “Y“ and press Enter

Note3: If you want to transfer files using FTP server, setup as described below


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1. In Terminal type “sudo apt-get install vsftpd“, press Enter, type “Y“ and press Enter

2. Type “sudo leafpad /etc/vsftpd.conf” and press Enter


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3. Type as shown in the picture

listen_port=50021 pasv_enable=YES pasv_min_port=50024 pasv_max_port=50024 chroot_local_user=NO write_enable=YES annonymous_enable=NO connect_from_port_20=NO local_enable=YES

4. Mark and delete as shown in the pictures below


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5. Save and Exit

6. In Terminal type “sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart” and press Enter


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24. Restart your computer

25. After restart you should see your Desktop as shown in the picture

How to use ClusterDesktop26.If you want to stop ClusterDesktop type „stop“ as shown

in the picture

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How to install ClusterDesktopHow to install ClusterDesktop

If you need help using ClusterDesktop see “Tutorial on

how-to use ClusterDesktop for Linux clients”

27. Now you can connect to this computer from another computer or smart device, using standard VNC , RDP or SCP (SFTP) client on address and ports that are shown in the window of ClusterDesktop application

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ClusterDesktop how-to install on computer with Linux