Connecting to the Cyberlab Virtual Environment

CONNECTING TO THE CYBERLAB VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

Note: A connection to the VPN must be established before following the instructions contained in this document.

Macintosh users are to complete instructions in Part 1B before completing instructions in Part 2

Windows Users should follow instructions in Part 2

PART 1B

These steps assume that a successful connection has been made to the VPN

Type https://citrix.vcl.local

A.Click I Understand the Risks and then Click Add Exception

B.Verify that Permanently store this exception box is checked

Click on Confirm Security Exception

C.Type in your username and password

D.Click Download to download the Citrix web client

E.Enter the local administrator credentials and click Install Software

After successful installation, the screen below should appear

F.Click on the appropriate CSEC 600 level course icon

G.You should be redirected to the Virtual Computing Lab.

Continue from Part 2

Note: You must connect to the VPN before you can connect to the virtual computing lab cloud.

PART II: Connecting to the Virtual Computing Lab (VCL)

1.Type https://csvcl.vcl.local/cloud/org/csec650 in your web browser.

Click “Continue to this website (not recommended)”

2.Type your username and password and click on Login

3.Click Add vApp from Catalog

4. Select the first VM template (CSEC650_Lab01) for Lab1 and the second template for Lab 2

Click Next

5. Type your username in the name field and click Finish

6. Wait until the VM is created and the status changes to Stopped.

7. Click on the Green start button to Start the VM

8. Click OK on the VMRC plugin message if prompted

9. Click OK to the message prompting you to install the VMRC installation file

10. Download the VMRC installation file to your desktop, close all browsers and double click

the file to start the installation.

11. Complete the installation of the VMRC client, reopen your browser and continue accessing your

running virtual machine.

12. Allow any pop-ups if prompted

13. Click Allow if this message pops up. Make sure Always trust this host with this certificate is checked

14. Type a username of “cseclabuser” and hit enter.

15. Type a password of “cseclabuser” and hit enter.