{"id":36,"date":"2015-05-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/01\/installing-vnc-server-on-centos-7\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T01:03:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T01:03:59","slug":"installing-vnc-server-centos7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech-and-dev.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/installing-vnc-server-centos7.html","title":{"rendered":"Installing VNC Server on CentOS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"VNC<\/a><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

VNC allows you to connect to your server or computer remotely using a graphical user interface.<\/div>\n

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Installing The VNC Server:<\/h2>\n

Install the CentOS desktop<\/p>\n

yum groupinstall \"GNOME Desktop\"<\/pre>\n
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\nInstall the VNC server<\/p>\n
yum install -y tigervnc-server<\/pre>\n
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Create a new user to connect remotely to your server, you can use root, but it’s highly not suggested due to security risks.<\/div>\n
useradd vncuser\r\npasswd vncuser<\/pre>\n
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Copy the generic VNC service file to the service system directory.<\/div>\n
By default VNC runs on port 5900. 4<\/b> in vncserver@:4.service<\/b> will tell VNC to run on port 5904, this is useful when several VNC servers for different users need to be created.<\/div>\n
cp \/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/vncserver@.service \/etc\/systemd\/system\/vncserver@:4.service<\/pre>\n
Edit the service file<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/systemd\/system\/vncserver@:4.service<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Add\/Modify the below in [service]<\/b> (You may use a different resolution if you wish):<\/div>\n
ExecStart=\/sbin\/runuser -l vncuser -c \"\/usr\/bin\/vncserver %i -geometry 1280x800 -nolisten tcp\"\r\nPIDFile=\/home\/vncuser\/.vnc\/%H%i.pid<\/pre>\n
Reload systemd (system daemons) to scan for new or changed service file(s).<\/p>\n
systemctl daemon-reload<\/div>\n
 <\/p>\n
Enable the service:<\/p>\n
systemctl enable vncserver@:4.service<\/pre>\n
Create the configuration files for the VNC user and set a password when asked:<\/p>\n
su vncuser\r\nvncserver\r\nexit<\/pre>\n
Start the VNC server:<\/p>\n
systemctl start vncserver@:4.service<\/pre>\n
Configure centOS 7 firewall<\/p>\n
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service vnc-server\r\nfirewall-cmd --reload<\/pre>\n
Connecting to VNC Remote Server From Windows using Putty:<\/h2>\n
Download and install VNC client<\/a> from here<\/a><\/p>\n
By default, VNC doesn’t provide a free way to connect over an encrypted connection.<\/p>\n
We will use PuTTY to tunnel the connection from our computer to the server:<\/p>\n
Download PuTTY from here<\/a> if you don’t have it.<\/p>\n
Enter the IP address of your server in the Host Name<\/b>. Make sure to replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx by your server’s IP addres.<\/p>\n
\"Putty<\/a><\/div>\n
Go to Connection => SSH => Tunnels, enter the source port number (5904 in this example) and enter the IP of the server and the VNC port (IP:PORT (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5904 in this example).<\/p>\n
\"Tunneling<\/a><\/div>\n
Make sure to replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx by your server’s IP address<\/p>\n
Click Open<\/b> and login to your server.<\/p>\n
Open VNC client and connect to localhost with the port number you specified in PuTTY.<\/p>\n
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Congratulations, you should be able to see your remote desktop!<\/p>\n
If you are using Linux, you can install Remmina<\/b> and the remmina-plugin-vnc<\/b> and connect to the vnc server.<\/p>\n
Questions or Comments? Please leave them below!<\/b><\/p>\n
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