CIS89A Voyager

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Voyager - DeAnza CIS student files server. Used for storing and accessing student files during the semester they are taking a CIS class that requires it. Files placed in the public_html sub-directory within the student's account directory can be accessed by anyone from the internet.

Reminder - you are creating the Windows and Voyager accounts at the same time. The username and password are the same for both.


Students can drop by ATC203 Computer Lab with any issues. For security reasons, students need to show their ID upon request the password to be reset.


To access your files in your public directory in your Voyager account directory, the web address is like this

Your files are on Voyager, so you need to say that.

  • This will be http://voyager.deanza.edu
  • Voyager has been set up so that the middle part of the web address is just the tilde character '~" followed by your Voyager username. This is a shortcut way of specifying the path to your public html directory in your student account. For example: /~sbaines/
  • Then the file name is just the actual file name with its suffix. For example: ymca.html


When you are uploading your file to Voyager the full path through the directories in your Voyager account will be something like this

  • /home/student/sbaines/public_html/ymca.html

Note: Voyager is a Unix system. There shouldn't be any spaces in your file name. The file name should end with the file-type suffix .htm or .html


FileZilla

ftp program - free, open - available for download, versions are available for all platforms - PCs, Macs, Unix

After you download and install FileZilla, to access Voyager

  • launch the FileZilla application - you should see the folders, directories and files on your computer listed in the left window
  • connect to Voyager

Download Filezilla and type sftp://voyager.deanza.edu in the host field, your username in the user field and your password in the password field. Once you do that open the directory with your name and find the public_html folder. Drag your .html file from your desktop into that folder. The url will be something like http://voyager.deanza.edu/~username/filename.html

  • your username after the ~ and your filename before .html


Setup - small icon - far left below horizontal menu bar

  • Ask password
  • voyager.deanza.edu
  • SSH -
  • Connect


Other options

  • online file transfer application - http://net2ftp.com/ - a web-based tool. Works from any browser


PC users


Mac users

ftp program

or a text editor that will connect to an internet server.

  • Textwrangler
  • OpenOffice Web Wizard


Text editing


Mac - Terminal utility

If you are a Mac user and know some Unix or Linux, this works. Otherwise, using a specialty application or web site like net2ftp.com

Mac users In the following, replace "yourUserID" with the userId you created on voyager.

  • Under Utilities select Terminal.
  • At the prompt enter: ssh yourUserID@voyager.deanza.edu
  • The system then asks for the password. Type your own password. The password does NOT show up on the screen while you type it.
  • Logout when you are finished by typing exit and Enter.