Tutorials

1. As of 01/01/21, off-campus users must connect their local system to the Husky On-Net VPN.

2. Locate and select Remote Desktop Connection.

In Windows 8 and later, it is in Start -> All Programs -> Window Accessories.

3. Once prompted with a window similar to below, type in the terminal server name of choice where it says Computer (e.g., “csde-ts2.csde.washington.edu”).

4. Click Show Options.

5. In the User name field, type netid\your-username.
For example, if your NetID is “godawgs”, then your username should be netid\godawgs.

6. Next, select the Advanced tab.

7. Click the Settings button.

8. Choose the Do not use an RD Gateway server radio button, then select OK.

9. After selecting OK, you will be brought back to the Advanced window.  Press Connect.

10. Finally, enter your UW NetID password.

You should now be successfully logged on to a terminal server. If you are having logon problems after following the above instructions, please see our troubleshooting suggestions below.

To logout of your session, double-click the “Logout” icon on the remote desktop screen.

1. As of 01/01/21, off-campus users must connect their local system to the Husky On-Net VPN.
Note: The VPN client is currently only available for OS-10.14 and newer.

2. Download and install the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client (RDC) from the Mac App Store.

• If Microsoft Remote Desktop fails to install, go to the app store and install available updates then restart the computer. The latest version of Microsoft Remote Desktop is version 10.

3. Find and open Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection.

4. Once opened, Microsoft RDC will show a window like the one below. Click Add PC.

5. The window below will appear. Enter the following details:

a. The PC name/server (e.g., csde-ts4.csde.washington.edu).

NOTE: Students must use csde-TS4 or csde-TS5.

All other users should use csde-TS1 or csde-TS2.

See Choosing A Terminal Server for details.

b. User Account (optional) – If you use the terminal servers often on a personal device and would like your username and password to auto-populate, you can choose ‘Add User Account’ here.  In the Username field, type netid\your-username and click Connect. For example, if your NetID is “godawgs”, then your username should be netid\godawgs.  Note the use of the backslash!  We do not recommend a friendly name associated to your user account.

c. Friendly Name (optional) – Useful if you use more than one server.  Example:  CSDE TS4

d. Click ‘Add’ in the lower right corner of the window.

The window should now look similar to below.

6. Microsoft RDC for Mac will then update the connections list, which should look similar to the image below. Double-click your new connection.

• If you do not see your UW NetID, you will be prompted for your NetID and password.  In the username field, type netid\YourUWNetID and click Connect. For example, if your NetID is “godawgs”, then your username should be netid\godawgs.  Note the use of the backslash!

7. You should now be successfully logged on to a terminal server, and your screen should look similar to the one below. If you are having logon problems after following the above instructions, please see our troubleshooting suggestions below.

Your local computer can be accessed if you minimize the RDC window by hovering your mouse at the top of your screen.

To logout of your terminal server session, double-click the “Logout” icon on the remote desktop screen.

1. As of 01/01/21, off-campus users must connect their local system to the Husky On-Net VPN.
Faculty, staff, and students, see: Set up Husky On-Net VPN.
Non-UW members, see: Connecting to CSDE’s HON-D Departmental VPN

2.There are a variety of remote desktop terminal server clients available for Linux that work with RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). They often come pre-installed on systems. CSDE recommends “Remmina” as of 10/2020

Remmina Remote Desktop Viewer for linux desktops.

To install, open a terminal and type sudo apt-get remmina or sudo yum install remmina. If that does not work, then enable the Nux-Desktop repo¹ RPM.

3. Open the program by navigating to it in Applications or typing its name in a terminal.

4. For computer, type in the full path. (For example, type “csde-ts3.csde.washington.edu” for terminal server

NOTE: Students who obtained a CSDE account after Sept. 4, 2020 must use csde-TS4.  All other users should use csde-TS1, csde-TS2, or csde-TS3.  See Choosing A Terminal Server for details.

5. Make sure protocol is set to RDP. Enter NETID credentials into the User Name and Password fields, and set the domain to NETID. Click Connect when finished.

You should now be successfully logged on to a terminal server. If you are having logon problems after following the above instructions, please see our troubleshooting suggestions below.

To logout of your session, double-click the “Logout” icon on the remote desktop screen.

Footnotes

1. How to Enable Nux Dextop repository

Read through these suggestions about how to troubleshoot your problem.

• As of July 1, 2021, all student users must use csde-TS4.csde.washington.edu or csde-TS5.csde.washington.edu. You may no longer be eligible to use CSDE Windows terminal servers TS1, or TS2.
• Have you downloaded Husky OnNet and connected to the UW network? As of 01/01/21, off-campus users must connect their local system to the Husky On-Net VPN. You can find a download link with installation and connection instructions from UW-IT here.
• Are you receiving a user account expired notification when attempting to logon? If so, you must change your NetID password before you can logon.
• Are you using a wifi extender? Try disconnecting from the extender and see if you can logon with your regular wifi connection or other internet connection. If you can logon to our servers after disconnecting from the extender, then you should contact vendor support for your wifi extender for assistance. There might be a setting they can help you troubleshoot that’s preventing you from being allowed to use RDC.
• Are you including netid\ before your UW NetID as your username? Be sure you are using a backslash, and not a forward slash! For example, if your UW NetID was “godawgs”, then your username should be netid\godawgs.
• Do you have a CSDE Windows account? If not, please apply for an account.
• Try following along with a video example. Note that you must already have the Husky OnNet client installed. Videos do not include audio.
  Windows PC Users – click here for video.
  Mac Users – click here for video.

If you are still unable to connect, please send an email describing your problem (preferably with screenshots) to: csde_help@uw.edu.

NOTE: CSDE Computing only supports Windows 10 and newer PCs to directly map our network shares. If you are using Windows 8 or below and need to map a CSDE drive, please contact us at csde_help@uw.edu.

Mapping a CSDE drive works best from on campus. It can be done from off campus using Husky OnNet VPN, but this is not suggested as a long-term solution — the drives will give an error message anytime they are unable to make a connection. The preferred off-campus method of reaching files is through Remote Desktop and Windows Terminal Server (see Connecting to Windows Terminal Servers above).

Many campus workstations already have drives mapped automatically. On those that do not, follow the steps below to access them.

Windows

1. Open File Explorer.

a. On Windows 8 and later, it can be found at Start -> (All) Programs -> Windows System -> File Explorer.

2. Open Map Network Drive.

a. On Windows 8 and later, click on This PC in the left navigation pane. Then click on Computer -> Map network drive on the top menu bar.

3. Choose a drive Letter from the the drop-down selection.

a. Choose any drive letter; however, to avoid confusion, we suggest CSDE’s standards (H:, R:, and T: or Z:) if possible.

4. In the Folder field, type the path to the resource. Below are the full network paths for the H:, R:, and T: drives. Note that staff and faculty home directories are stored on FS1.

5. Click Connect using different credentials. In the box that pops up, type “NetID\” and your UW NetID username. Click OK. NOTE: The Reconnect at sign-in field tells Windows to reconnect to the CSDE drive on login, and it also stores the encrypted NetID password on the computer. If the computer is used by multiple users with the same login credentials, uncheck this box to protect CSDE files from unauthorized access.

6. Click Finish to map the network drive using the provided information. If all goes well, the contents of the H: or T: drive will be displayed on the screen. To disconnect the network drive when finished, simply right-click and select Disconnect Network Drive.

Mac

1. Click Finder -> Go -> Connect to Server.

2. In the address field, type “smb://” followed by the fully qualified domain name of the file server to connect to. (For example, type “smb://udrive.uw.edu/udrive” to access u-drive directory.)

3. Log in with your NetID username and password (in the format of “NetID\username”).

4. Go to Finder and see “udrive.uw.edu/udrive” under the Shared tab. The drive will be mounted until ejected or until the user logs out.

Here is a list of drive letters and their corresponding server names:

There are three recommended software options for transferring files via SFTP (ssh-based, port 22, UW VPN connection required).

Username: netid\your_netid (On U-drive, just use netid)
Port: 22
Drive   Host Server to SFTP/connect to      Folder
-----   ----------------------------       -------
H:  csde-fs1.csde.washington.edu       users\facultyusername or users\staffusername
H:  sftp.udrive.uw.edu                 studentusername (student account holders)
                                           *do not prefix username with "netid\ "*
H:  csde-fs1.csde.washington.edu     csde-fellows (most CSDE trainees/fellows**)
O:  csde-fs1.csde.washington.edu     office 
R:  csde-fs1.csde.washington.edu     net (contains Project and Data)
T:  csde-fs1.csde.washington.edu     transfer
Unix Home Directory:
    union.csde.washington.edu     Unixhome

If you would like access to your Google Drive account on union.csde.washington.edu, please follow these steps to get started:

1. Open Putty, SecureCRT, etc., and connect to union.csde.washington.edu
   • ssh union.csde.washington.edu
2. Create a directory that will be linked to your Google Drive account (you may name it whatever you wish, i.e., My-Google-Drive)
   • mkdir My-Google-Drive
3. Enter your newly created directory
   • cd My-Google-Drive
4. Initialize the directory and provide authentication
   • drive init
5. This will provide you a URL to navigate to in order to obtain an authorization code. Paste the URL into a web browser and follow its listed steps.
6. Once you are provided the authorization code, copy it and return to Union. It should be prompting you to “Paste the authorization code:”. Paste the code and press Enter.
   • If it is no longer prompting you for the code, simply enter drive init again and then paste the code.

Your account is linked and all ready to go!

To pull all files from your Google Drive: drive pull

To push local changes to your Google Drive: drive push

You can type drive for a list of other available commands, or you can navigate to the “Google Drive client for the command line” repo to see more detailed documentation.

Accessing Linux Home Directory from Another System

The ideal way of moving files to and from Linux is by using the H, T, and R drives. These are easy to map to using directions from above. Then in Linux, use the command winmount. Follow the prompts to mount and be sure to use NetID credentials when asked. You can skip any mount by hitting enter at the password command request. Winmount can be re-run any number of times but will unmount any mounts that arent provided a password.

This section only applies to Non-UW members. If you are a current UW Faculty, Staff, or Student you should connect to the regular Husky On-Net linked here

For non-UW members to connect to the CSDE TS and SIM systems, please follow the steps below:

DOWNLOAD HUSKY ONNET VPN CLIENT
Mac users: The VPN client is currently only available for OS-10.14 and newer.

1. Follow this linkto read and agree to the Husky OnNet Terms and Conditions.
2. Input your UW NetID and password.
3. Download the appropriate client for your operating system.

CONNECT TO THE CSDE VPN NETWORK

1. Launch “F5 BIG-IP Edge Client” (if a UW NetID Login Window appears, cancel/ignore it for now)
2. Click “Change Server” (Windows) or “Server > Add New Server” (Mac) and enter: https://dept-huskyonnet.uw.edu/csde
3. Click “Next” (Windows) or “Verify” (Mac), then
4. “Connect” and authenticate with your UWNetID and password.
5. Logon to a Windows terminal server session, or launch your web session to Rstudio server or SSH to a CSDE linux system.

Video Examples…
These videos show how to connect to the CSDE VPN network. Note that you must already have the Husky OnNet client installed. Videos do not include audio.