Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform

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1. Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform 2. Document Revision History for Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Azure* Cloud
1. Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform x
1.1. Creating an Azure* Account 1.2. Licensing Intel® FPGA Software for the Azure* Cloud 1.3. Licensing IP Cores 1.4. Managing Intel® FPGA Software on the Azure* Cloud 1.5. Persistent Storage and Data Transference 1.6. Hosting a License Server in the Microsoft* Azure* Cloud 1.7. Connecting to the License Server 1.8. Example: Running Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Space Explorer II 1.9. Example: Running the ''Hello World'' Program Using the Intel® FPGA SDK for OpenCL™
1.4. Managing Intel® FPGA Software on the Azure* Cloud x
1.4.1. Signing In the Azure* Web Portal 1.4.2. Selecting Intel® FPGA Tool from the Azure* Marketplace 1.4.3. Specifying the Virtual Machine Characteristics 1.4.4. Launching the Virtual Machine 1.4.5. Connecting to the Azure* Virtual Machine Using SSH 1.4.6. Obtaining a GUI Desktop on the Running Azure* Virtual Machine 1.4.7. Opening the Intel® Quartus® Prime Software 1.4.8. Terminating the Virtual Machine
1.4.3. Specifying the Virtual Machine Characteristics x
1.4.3.1. Basic Settings 1.4.3.2. Machine Size and Instance Type 1.4.3.3. Network Settings
1.4.5. Connecting to the Azure* Virtual Machine Using SSH x
1.4.5.1. Connecting from a Windows* Computer 1.4.5.2. Connecting from a Linux Computer
1.6. Hosting a License Server in the Microsoft* Azure* Cloud x
1.6.1. Create a License Server Machine in the Azure* Cloud 1.6.2. Upload the Flexlm License Server to the Server Machine 1.6.3. Configure and Start the License Server 1.6.4. Manage the License Server
1.7. Connecting to the License Server x
1.7.1. Preserving the MAC Address
1.8. Example: Running Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Space Explorer II x
1.8.1. Starting Intel® Quartus® Prime Design Space Explorer II 1.8.2. Setting Up an Intel® Quartus® Prime Project
1. Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Microsoft* Azure* Platform
2. Document Revision History for Quick Start Guide for Intel® FPGA Development Tools on the Azure* Cloud

1.4.6. Obtaining a GUI Desktop on the Running Azure* Virtual Machine

After establishing a connection to the virtual machine using SSH, you can obtain a GUI desktop.
  1. In a terminal connected to the remote machine, type: 
    /opt/intelFPGA_pro/<release-number>/cloud/setup_vncserver.sh
    The script shows a list of display resolutions.
  2. Select a display resolution.
  3. Create and type a VNC password.
    Note: You use this password later when you start the VNC session.
    The script starts a VNC Server on localhost:5901
  4. On your local machine, configure the SSH session to forward to source port 53001 to destination localhost:5901.

    This action makes the connection more secure, because the only way to connect to the machine is through a secured SSH tunnel.

    • Windows: Setup PuTTY’s tunnel (In SSH > Tunnels) to enable local ports accept connections from other ports and Forward ports.
      Source port

      5300
      Destination

      localhost:5901
    • Linux:
      ssh -i mysshkey -l <admin-username>
                -L 5300:localhost:5901 <public-dns-or-ip-address>
  5. Start VNC Viewer in your local computer, and connect to server on localhost:5300
A successful connection opens a desktop view of the machine.
Figure 8. VNC Connection to the Azure* Virtual Machine
1 If another VNC session or application is using the port 5300, substitute for a different port.
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