How to View the Remote Desktop of a Headless Server
This is applicable to those people who do most of their works on CLI. But how about if a certain task requires that your server has a running X windows which is frequently not available on most linux-based servers? The answer is a virtual X server together with VNC. We'll not tackle what is X server nor what is VNC, instead you may use the power of Google or just visit Wikipedia. Requirements Xvnc SSH client (e.g. PuTTY) VNC Viewer (e.g. portable TightVNC) Procedures Before anything else, have a copy of an ssh client like PuTTY. 1. Install Xvnc Using your ssh client, log in to the remote server and execute this command: $ sudo yum install vnc-server Or use this if you're using Ubuntu: $ sudo apt-get install vnc4server 2. Start Xvnc Once Xvnc is installed, start vncserver using the default display which is :0 $ sudo vncserver :0 Please note that Xvnc will ask for password on its first run. Better memorize it or write it down. 3. Start VNC Viewer -...