Note: The Matlab images are no longer maintained on Nectar. Please don’t launch any new instances with Matlab pre-installed. If you need to use Matlab, please install it on your VM manually.

UoA Researchers can find information on the staff Intranet at the following links:

## Matlab Images

We offer two images with Matlab pre-installed:

  • UoA-Server2012-MATLAB: Windows Server 2012, Matlab 2018b
  • UoA-Ubuntu1604-MATLAB: Ubuntu Linux 1604, Matlab 2017b

To find these images, login to Nectar Dashboard via Tuakiri. Browse to Project > Compute > Images as shown in the picture below, and enter Matlab in the search box. If there are multiple images, please always choose the latest one, and click the “Launch” button to start the new instance wizard.

Fig1 Image

Note: You might also find some other community Matlab images, please don’t use them and use those start with UoA. If you can not find these images, please contact us and we’ll grant you access.

Launch a VM with the image, and you’ll be able to use Matlab when the VM is active.

Matlab on Linux VMs

You can access the GUI of the Matlab instance via x2go client. Please follow this article to install x2go client.

In x2go client, create a new session, and make sure the following items are correctly configured:

  • Host: the IP address of your VM.
  • Login: enter ubuntu.
  • SSH port: enter 22.
  • Use RSA/DSA key for ssh connection: enter the path of your private key.
  • Session type: select MATE from the dropdown menu.

Then, connect with the new session, you should be able to see the graphical user interface of you GPU VM.

Matlab on Windows VMs

To connect to your Windows VM on Nectar, please refer to this article:

How to access Windows VMs in Auckland cluster