Vnc Setup
Basic Setup
- Download and install a VNC client, I would recommend RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/products/free/4.1/download.html).
- The first time you set up a vnc session, you should run the vncpasswd program before starting vncserver, this makes sure only you can connect to the server. (Note: this password should probably be different than your CISE password)
Secure VNC (Tunneled through SSH)
- Ssh to the desired destination server and start vncserver, note the display number (the number after the colon after the hostname, ex: storm:10 -- the display number is 10). You can disconnect this session now.
- Configure Putty/ssh to tunnel port 5900+<display_number> on your local machine to port 5900+<display_number> on the remote machine (ex. display number = 10, ssh -L 5910:storm.cise.ufl.edu:5910 amt@storm.cise.ufl.edu). See http://www.cs.uu.nl/technical/services/ssh/putty/puttyfw.html for more information about port forwarding in putty. Leave this session running for the duration of your VNC session.
- Connect your local vnc client to 127.0.0.1:<display_number> (ex 127.0.0.1:10 for display number 10.
Unsecured VNC, for use over vpn, or from a machine local to CISE
- Ssh to the desired destination server and start vncserver, note the display number (the number after the colon after the hostname, ex: storm:10 -- the display number is 10). You can disconnect this session now.
- Connect your local vnc client to <remote_hostname>:<display_number> (ex storm.cise.ufl.edu:10 for display number 10 on storm.