Open PuTTY and navigate to Tunnels under the SSH section in the menu. Initiate your connection as per the steps in the Connect to VNC from your Desktop section. You will be prompted to set a password: vncserver :1 Be sure to replace with your username and your Linode’s hostname or IP address: ssh -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 your Linode, launch the VNC server to test your connection. Mac OS X and Linuxįrom your desktop, connect to your Linode with the following command. You can use the same local port for consistency. In order to secure your passwords and data, you will need to tunnel the traffic through an SSH connection to a local port. The default VNC connection is unencrypted.
This guide will use a display number of 1 therefore, you will connect to remote port 5901. VNC connections take place on port 5900 + display.
If no display number is defined, the server will use the lowest one available. The VNC server generates a display, or graphical output, identified by a number that is defined when the server starts.
Install the VNC server: sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server To install the desktop without these packages, run: sudo apt install -no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop gnome-panel gnome-settings-daemon metacity nautilus gnome-terminalĭuring the install process, reply with the defaults to any prompts. This will install the full Ubuntu desktop environment, including office and web browsing tools.
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