Desktop

XFCE and xrdp run in the seiscomp-gui container on the GUI EC2, with host networking and 2g shm.

On this page

• Connect
• On the desktop
• What stays quiet

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Connect

Item	Value
User	sysop
Session	Xorg
Password	SSM /seiscomp-ecs-lab/sysop-rdp-password
Port	TCP 3389 from your /32 to the Elastic IP

export AWS_PROFILE=sandbox AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=ap-southeast-2
aws ssm get-parameter --name /seiscomp-ecs-lab/sysop-rdp-password \
  --with-decryption --query Parameter.Value --output text
terraform -chdir=aws/ecs output -raw gui_public_ip

ecs-up.sh prints the Elastic IP. In Remote Desktop, pick session Xorg and accept the certificate warning. Windows does not need AWS CLI.

If your public IP changed, 3389 will time out until you re-apply with the new /32 as operator_cidr.

On the desktop

1. Terminal: /home/sysop/bin/sc-toast-event "test toast" — notification titled SeisComP. Needs xfce4-notifyd in this RDP session; SSM cannot show it.
2. scrttv — live BH for the four GE stations. Add streams if the view is empty.
3. scmm — scmaster plus processor clients.
4. Optional: scmv, scheli, scqcv.

Launchers call /home/sysop/bin/sc-launch, which writes a unique connection.clientName so two GUI tools of the same module do not collide.

What stays quiet

Real earthquake toasts need picks and an event. Four GEOFON stations are often quiet. The scripted toast is the desktop proof. scolv stays empty until there is an event.