8.1 Accessing VNC Consoles

If VNC services are configured on the server, you can access the VNC consoles screens by clicking the VNC Consoles link under the Manage Linux heading in the navigation frame. Then click the 1024 X 728 button on the VNC Console Screens page.

If VNC services are not configured, you can configure them through YaST > Network Services > Remote Administration.

This form of remote administration is less secure that SSH; therefore, we recommend using this feature only in a secure environment (behind a firewall).

Clicking the VNC Consoles link opens a Java* applet in a secondary browser window. The following table explains what you can do from this window.

Table 8-2 VNC Console Page Tasks and Procedures

Task

Procedure

Use any of the screens listed as though you were at the server console.

Use the keyboard or mouse as though you were at the server console.

Disconnect from the console.

Click the Disconnect button on this page.

Change any of the VNC client options currently selected.

Click the Options button.

Access the VNC client clipboard and cut or paste any commands that you might want to execute in a active terminal shell.

Click the Clipboard button.

Restart the server.

Click the Send Ctrl+Alt+Del button.

Refresh the current screen you are viewing.

Click the Refresh button.

Figure 8-1illustrates a user accessing YaST on a remote server from the user’s desktop browser. To access YaST on the remote server, the user did the following:

  1. Clicked the VNC Consoles link in the navigation frame.

  2. Clicked the 1024 X 728 button on the VNC Consoles Screens page.

  3. Logged into Linux.

  4. Clicked N > System > YaST.

Figure 8-1 Example Access of YaST through NRM VNC Console Screens Linux.