Connect to blumix vm with vnc

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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.


The key we need.

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The .pem is generate by bluemix.

The .ppk is generate by PuttyGen.


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….


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.


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:


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.


Start VNC Server

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Start the server by enter “vncserver”

Check if the vncserver is running with ps.


Launch VNC Viewer

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Now we back from cloud to the Desktop


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 [email protected]

< your key>< your VM IP>


Launch VNC

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


Input the password

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Use the password in page 9.


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.


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


Now we have the Firefox Brower,

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


Appendix -2 Download VNC Viewer

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Download Real VNC Viewer

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


Thank you

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