CS VM Farm - Power on or reset VMs

Power on or reset your VM

1. Connect to the campus VPN
   
   
2. Navigate to https://vc.cs.illinois.edu/ui in a browser
   
   
3. Log in with your NetID and password
   
   
4. Input your VM name in the search bar at the top - your course staff will have assigned you a VM, i.e. sp21-cs100-01.cs.illinois.edu
   
   
5. Select the VM from the search results
   
   
6. Select the 'Actions' dropdown menu, navigate to Power --> 'Power On' (or use the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + B)
   • Select 'Reset' if the VM is in an unusable state (or use the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + T)
     
     
7. Give the VM a couple of minutes to boot up, and then connect to the VM
   • Connect to the campus VPN
   • SSH into the VM (i.e. ssh NetID@sp21-cs100-01.cs.illinois.edu)
   • Contact your course staff if you have trouble logging in to your VM
     
     
8. We strongly recommend reviewing the following pages to be familiar with the basics of using Linux:
   • https://gitlab.engr.illinois.edu/lwg/linux-basics
   • Linux Command Quick Reference