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Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal is an option to using PuTTY for terminal connections to *nix servers

For step by step instructions, see How to Use Windows 10’s OpenSSH Client Instead of PuTTY or Getting started with Windows Terminal

The OpenSSH Client can be installed from the Microsoft Store. Optionally, see this tutorial or refer to the complete customization documentation.

Before using any terminal connection to the matrix server, you must install and use the GlobalProtect VPN (Virtual Private Network). Note the tab for the version to use in China.

• You must reconnect/signon to the VPN every time you restart your computer else your connection to matrix will time out.
• Your UserID on matrix is the same as for @mySeneca.ca or my.senecacollege.ca
  • ensure your seneca-userid below is in lower case
    
    
• For a quick command line connection to run a Secure SHell terminal to matrix, either of these will work:
  • click on the Start Menu or press the Windows-Logo-Key and type "Run"  or  Windows-Logo-Key + R
    • cmd /c     ssh seneca-userid@matrix.senecacollege.ca {Enter}  starts a command interpreter
• powershell ssh seneca-userid@matrix.senecacollege.ca {Enter}  starts a PowerShell session
  
  
• The command to open Windows Terminal is wt (command line options and details)
• {WinKey "Run" or WinKey+R}
  • Enter wt
    • > ssh seneca-userid@matrix.senecacollege.ca
  • When connected to matrix, enter your Seneca password.
  • To end a terminal session, enter logout

Customize Windows Terminal

• after starting wt, click the down chevron/arrow in the title bar, click settings to open the settings.json file in a text editor, and insert after "list": [
  "profiles":
  {
  "defaults":
  {
  // Put settings here that you want to apply to all profiles.
  },
  "list":
  [
    {
      "name": "matrix-with-VPN",
      "tabTitle": "matrix",
      "commandline": "ssh seneca-userid@matrix.SenecaCollege.ca"
    },


• save the file. Restart wt Thereafter, matrix will show up when you click the down chevron/arrow in the wt title bar.
  or start with this command wt -p matrix-with-VPN