VM: logout, reboot, ssh?

#1

Dear all,

I have just started using RUS, tried to install docker and have some technical questions

  1. How can I logout of the vm and login again in order to refresh environment variables for e. g. docker?
  2. Is it possible to restart the vm? (sudo reboot -f fails with ‘Operation not permitted’ notification)
  3. Is it possible to ssh into the vm, if yes: what is the correct hostname/port? I tried the address from the firefox addressbar and port 22 on Putty but it did not work.

I am gratefull for any help!

Niklas

#2

Logging out from VM is possible via selecting ALt+Ctrl+Shift and in top right you can log out but logging out from VM is different from logging out from you linux ( closing a session). For this in your dashboard you can freeze and unfreeze your VM which restart your VM.
As I know, No you can not but you can SSH to your SSH server from VM.

#3

Hi mzohary,
thank you for the helpfull reply especially for the distinction between logging of from the VM and closing the linux session!

Concerning ssh:
So is it true that it is not possible to access anything within my VM through any protocol (ssh or some REST API service) from outside the VM?
I am just asking because this is actually part of the plans for the Copernicus project we are working on.

#4

Dear @NiklasKeck,

Unfortunately, you can not run docker in your environment as technically your environment is already running inside a container and running docker into docker is not recommended.

Indeed we do not allow access to VMs though any protocol. But as @mzohary said, you can connect from your VM to another SSH server.

Regards

#5

Dear @philippeml,

thanks a lot for the helpfull infos!!

Kind regards