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Connect to Bluemix VM with VNC(Ubuntu Desktop)

Joseph Chang

Senior IT Specialist

IBM Cloud Group

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Reference:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-vnc-on-ubuntu-14-04

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Prerequisite

Launch the Bluemix VM dashboard.

Make sure you already have a Ubuntu 14.04 instance with public IP address.

Make sure you have the key for access VM.

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I will use this instance for illustration.

Here is my key.

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The key we need.

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The .pem is generate by bluemix.

The .ppk is generate by PuttyGen.

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If you don’t know how to get here , learn it from this slide.

http://www.slideshare.net/JosephChang8

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Install VNC Server

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Connect to Ubuntu console with Putty

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Install TighVNC

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sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver

We can get the XFCE packages, along with the package for TightVNC, directly from Ubuntu's software repositories using apt:

When it’s done. You will see….

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Configure VNC server

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For the first time you run “vncserver”, your got prompt to set up the password.

Take note for the two passwords, we will use them when login from desktop.

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Install xutils

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sudo apt-get install xutils xbase-clients xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi

When the configuration is done. You may see the error. Don’t worry, it’s easy to fix.Just enter the following command:

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Check point

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When font installation done. You should see the message.

Type “ls –al” command, you should see .vnc directory in you HOME directory.

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Start VNC Server

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Start the server by enter “vncserver”

Check if the vncserver is running with ps.

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Launch VNC Viewer

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Now we back from cloud to the Desktop

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Create a secure socket

Launch a Windows Command Prompt and issue the following command:

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ssh -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 -N -f -i myAccessKey.pem ibmcloud@129.41.156.204

< your key>< your VM IP>

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Launch VNC

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If you don’t have VNC Viewer, see Appendix-1 for downloading.

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Input the password

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Use the password in page 9.

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Congratulation !!

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Appendix -1 Install Web Browser

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The default browser doesn’t work . Let’s install by ourself.

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Install firefox

sudo apt-get install firefox

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Back to the putty and issue the command

When installation done, go to Application Menus-> Setting -> Preferred Applications

Select Mozilla Firfox as the default brower

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Now we have the Firefox Brower,

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* If you prefer google chrome, go ahead do it by yourself.

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Appendix -2 Download VNC Viewer

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Download Real VNC Viewer

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https://www.realvnc.com/download/vnc/

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Thank you

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