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JamesKingWork edited this page Jul 22, 2020
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Owner / Admin (Single Experiment Controls group member)
- Enables "global" Two-Factor Authentication for all users of the VNC Cloud system, in accordance with site security advice.
- Creates "Machine Groups" in VNC portal all within the ISIS "Team", one per physical ISIS instrument e.g. "LMX" (See diagram above)
- Creates "People Groups", one per instrument (e.g. "LMX Instrument Scientists" or perhaps "LMX Users" containing ISs and external users for simplicity)
- Grants access to Machine Group to appropriate People Group
- Invites Instrument Scientists (IS) to create a VNC account via VNC portal (invitation email)
- Grants "Manager" privilege to IS
- Adds IS to appropriate People Group(s)
Manager (IS or other ExptCtrl member)
- Creates VNC Cloud account using link in invitation email from Owner/Admin
- Sends emails to external users via VNC Cloud portal inviting them to create a VNC account
- Grants "User" privilege to new users
- Adds users to appropriate People (instrument) Group(s) (and removes when experiment over)
- (Optional if willing & able) Installs VNC Server on the relevant machine(s) (e.g. NDCxxx & NDLxxx) via conventional VPN and RDP. (Details in "Deployment" section of VNC Cloud portal). More help in VNC Article
- Enables "Cloud Connectivity" in Server options
- Adds "local" computers (viewing, analysis, etc.) to Machine Group(s) (See diagram above)
- Performs below steps to use VNC client
User (External facility user):
- Creates VNC cloud account using link in invitation email from IS
- Downloads, installs and runs VNC client.
- Logs in and is presented with list of machines authorised to connect to
- Connects to a machine, typically a general access cabin PC (NDCxxx) or analysis machine (NDLxxx) [at this point has same access as if physically present in instrument cabin]
- Connects to instrument control computer (NDXxxx) via RDP (if session not already established)