Accessing WSL-ROS Remotely

As discussed here, WSL-ROS can also be accessed on certain managed desktop machines remotely via the University Remote Desktop Service. You'll need to use your university account credentials to access this service and will also need to have multifactor authentication (MFA) set up on your university account.

1. The environment has been installed on all the machines in Virtual Classroom 1 (University of Sheffield sign-in required).
2. From here, you should see a long list of PCs. Any that have a blue "Connect" button next to them are available to use.
3. Click on the "Connect" button next to an available machine. This will download a .rdp file to your computer.
4. Once downloaded, double-click on the .rdp file and log in to the PC using your university account credentials. (Look out for an MFA notification on your MFA-linked device.)
5. Once you're logged into the remote machine follow the steps here to launch the environment.
6. When you're finished, close the RDP connection and then close the Remote Desktop app on your machine.

Remote Access Support

Note

We (the Teaching Team) are not able to deal with issues relating to the University Remote Desktop Service!

If you are facing any issues then you should have a look at this IT Services support page. You can also contact the IT Services Helpdesk for help and support (Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm).

If you're having issues related to WSL-ROS however, then please let the Teaching Team know.