Remote Access to Cadence

There are different ways to access Cadence from home or a Windows-based office computer:

Method 1: Using Putty and VNCviewer

  1. Using Putty and VNC viewer
    1. Download putty from here: https://www.putty.org/
    2. In Putty:
      1. Host Name: indigo.cse.yorku.ca
      2. port 22
      3. open
      4. login as: your eecs username
      5. your eecs password
      6. type vncpasswd and then type the vnc password that you like (could be similar to your eecs account password.
      7. type: vncserver  -geometry 1920×1080 (change these numbers to the screen resolution of your home computer for the best experience)
      8. After a moment, it creates a server and shows you its number, something like:  New ‘indigo:23 (hossein)’ desktop is indigo:23
      9. if you are at home, you should keep the terminal open. If you are using a windows-based york computer, you can close the terminal and the putty at this point.
    3. download a VNC client
      1. example 1: tightvnc: https://www.tightvnc.com/
      2. example 2: vncviewer: https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/
    4. Once you open the VNC software, enter the vnc address as: indigo.eecs.yorku.ca:23
      1. instead of 23, you should enter the number you received when you created a vncserver in step 2.8.
      2. enter the vnc password you created in step 2.6.
      3. You have a new linux session now. You can close the window whenever you want (e.g., during simulations, etc.) and come back and resume your work in the future and the work will be done in the background on server.
      4. You are on indigo server now. I strongly suggest running candence on Navy that is much faster. To do that, simply open a terminal and type ssh Navy.

Method 2: Using ?

Go to Top