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* '''Login with TightVNC Java Viewer''' <br />Needed Software: [http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php TightVNC Java Viewer], Java<br /> Open TightVNC Java Viewer (the executable is called tightvnc-jviewer.jar), check "Use SSH tunneling" and fill in the parameters provided by the ''run_vncserver'' script. Now you can click on the "Connect" button and enter your passwords.
 
* '''Login with TightVNC Java Viewer''' <br />Needed Software: [http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php TightVNC Java Viewer], Java<br /> Open TightVNC Java Viewer (the executable is called tightvnc-jviewer.jar), check "Use SSH tunneling" and fill in the parameters provided by the ''run_vncserver'' script. Now you can click on the "Connect" button and enter your passwords.
   
* '''Login without TightVNC Java Viewer for Linux users'''<br />Needed Software: A VNC viewer such as tigervnc, gvncviewer or tightvnc<br />A tunnel must be created with the ssh command given by the ''run_vncserver'' script. Open a new terminal, start a VNC viewer and connect to localhost:n, where n is the display number printed by ''run_vncserver'', using a command such like this<br /><pre>$ vncviewer localhost:n</pre>
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* '''Login without TightVNC Java Viewer for Linux users'''<br />Needed Software: A VNC viewer such as tigervnc, gvncviewer or tightvnc<br />A tunnel must be created with the ssh command given by the ''run_vncserver'' script. Open a new terminal, start a VNC viewer and connect to localhost:n, where n is the display number printed by ''run_vncserver'', using a command such like this<br /><pre>$ vncviewer localhost:1</pre>
   
 
* '''Login without TightVNC Java Viewer for Windows users'''<br />Needed Software: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/tigervnc/1.3.0 tigervnc], [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html Putty]<br />You need to start Putty and go to Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels. Choose "IPv4" and fill in the parameters provided by ''run_vncserver''. After you clicked "Add" you must navigate to Session and connect to the bwUniCluster with your username and password. Once the connection is established start the tigervnc client and connect to localhost:n where n is the display number printed by ''run_vncserver''.
 
* '''Login without TightVNC Java Viewer for Windows users'''<br />Needed Software: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/tigervnc/1.3.0 tigervnc], [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html Putty]<br />You need to start Putty and go to Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels. Choose "IPv4" and fill in the parameters provided by ''run_vncserver''. After you clicked "Add" you must navigate to Session and connect to the bwUniCluster with your username and password. Once the connection is established start the tigervnc client and connect to localhost:n where n is the display number printed by ''run_vncserver''.

Revision as of 21:56, 6 March 2014

1 TigerVNC

TigerVNC
module load vis/tigervnc
License GPL
Links TigerVNC Homepage
Graphical Interface No

TigerVNC is a high-performance implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines. It should be faster than standard X11 forwarding and thus can be used if a graphical software feels slow and has bad responsiveness.

1.1 Instructions

First, you need to start the VNC server on the bwUniCluster. Therefore you must log into the bwUniCluster with your username and password as usual. You should not start the server on a login node but request an interactive job using for example the following command.

$ msub -v HOME,TERM,USER,DISPLAY -S /bin/bash -I -l nodes=1:ppn=1 -l walltime=0:02:00:00

On your assigned compute node start the VNC server with

$ module load vis/tigervnc
$ run_vncserver

If you start a VNC server for the first time you will be asked to set a password which will be required for clients trying to access your VNC desktop. Use a strong password because otherwise an attacker could take control of your VNC session. The script prints detailed instructions on how to establish the connection to the VNC server from your local computer. They depend on whether you use Windows or Linux and if you work with TightVNC Java Viewer which is a tool that can simplify the process a little bit but needs at least Java version 1.6 to run. Therefore the next steps are divided into 3 cases. Each command should be issued on the local computer.

  • Login with TightVNC Java Viewer
    Needed Software: TightVNC Java Viewer, Java
    Open TightVNC Java Viewer (the executable is called tightvnc-jviewer.jar), check "Use SSH tunneling" and fill in the parameters provided by the run_vncserver script. Now you can click on the "Connect" button and enter your passwords.
  • Login without TightVNC Java Viewer for Linux users
    Needed Software: A VNC viewer such as tigervnc, gvncviewer or tightvnc
    A tunnel must be created with the ssh command given by the run_vncserver script. Open a new terminal, start a VNC viewer and connect to localhost:n, where n is the display number printed by run_vncserver, using a command such like this
    $ vncviewer localhost:1
  • Login without TightVNC Java Viewer for Windows users
    Needed Software: tigervnc, Putty
    You need to start Putty and go to Connection -> SSH -> Tunnels. Choose "IPv4" and fill in the parameters provided by run_vncserver. After you clicked "Add" you must navigate to Session and connect to the bwUniCluster with your username and password. Once the connection is established start the tigervnc client and connect to localhost:n where n is the display number printed by run_vncserver.

1.2 Shutdown

If you want to exit your VNC session don't just close the window because then the VNC server won't terminate and you will run into problems when you try to start a new VNC session later. If you log out of Gnome properly the VNC server will terminate automatically.