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How To Access the NIML System

The NIML program is available through an AWS F1 instance that you'll be able to log into from your personal computer

NIML is accessible via a virtual machine hosted on AWS (Amazon Web Services).  The system will come with X2Go server preinstalled to simplify desktop access to NIML model development tools.  Alternatively, you may install your preferred desktop service or simply use a terminal.

Step 1: Locate Welcome Email

First, locate the information in your welcome email from Natural Intelligence. This email will contain your system URL path along with a username and password.

Step 2: Install X2Go Client


Instructions can be found here Installing the Qt-based X2Go Client
    • Supports Windows, Mac OS X, Redhat, and Ubuntu

 Step 3: Configure the X2Go session


Open X2Go client and select Session >> New session from the menu
  1. Enter a session name and the user access information from the welcome email from NIS
    1. Host is ec2-54-202-170-112.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com or a similar address provided in your email
    2. Username will be provided in your welcome email
  2. Select XFCE for Session type
    x2go preferences
  3. On the Media tab, disable sound and printing support: 
    x2go media preferences

Step 4: Launch Jupyter Notebook 

Open a terminal and launch Jupyter

>>jupyter notebook

Congratulations, You are now ready to begin using the NIML model! 

Check out Building your first NIML model to get started!