Connecting to Munin VM's

Using Firefox

If you are developing and making changes to either Elgg, Trac or Django, you will need to use a vm in munin. For security purposes and ease of administration, these virtual machines are not public to the outside world. You will need to use a proxy to connect to them.

  1. Connect to nome.eecs.oregonstate.edu and setup a proxy: ssh -D 5000 cedenoj@nome.eecs.oregonstate.edu
  2. Download foxproxy for firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2464
  3. In Foxproxy, under General: set it to enabled, and use whatever name you prefer
  4. In Foxproxy, under Proxy Details:
    1. set it to Manual Proxy Configuration
    2. Host = localhost
    3. Port=5000 (or whatever you used in the first ssh command
    4. Check Socks proxy
    5. Select SOCKS v4/4a
  5. In Foxproxy, under URL Patterns:
    1. Click on Add a new Pattern
    2. Click on Enabled
    3. Set the pattern name to whatever you want
    4. Set the URL pattern to '*.eecs.oregonstate.edu/*'
    5. Uncheck the 'case sensitive' option
    6. Set the URL Inclusion to whitelist
    7. The Pattern Contains Wildcards
  6. Right click on the bottom right corner of firefox and click on FoxProxy?
  7. Select Use proxies based on their pre-defined patterns and priorities

Using a Shell

  1. Connect to nome.eecs.oregonstate.edu ssh cedenoj@nome.eecs.oregonstate.edu
  2. Connect to the munin vm ssh username@munin-vm#.eecs.oregonstate.edu

Using VPN When out of Campus

If you are out of campus and are having trouble connecting to the servers, you can try using a VPN connection.

  1. Go to http://oregonstate.edu/net/security/vpn/ and download a VPN client
  2. Create a new VPN connection using the information presented on the webpage
  3. Save that VPN connection information for future use