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How to connect to the VPS via Remote Desktop Protocol?

On default our company provides access to the VPS only by means of SSH protocol (Secure SHell) and SFTP protocol (SSH File Transfer Protocol).

To get access to our VPS in a graphic user interface you need to install a graphic system and connection server to a remote desktop.

It is not recommended to install a graphic system for packages with 256 MB of main memory because of small productivity.

Buy Linux VPS and install RDP

CONNECTION TO A VPS SERVER BY MEANS OF THE SSH PROTOCOL

We recommend you to use SSH-client called PuTTY.

SETTING OF GRAPHIC IMAGE MODE AND CONNECTION SERVER TO A REMOTE DESKTOP

In the opened terminal perform the following commands:

For OS CentOS 6

yum -y upgrade yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 xorg-x11-fonts-truetype yum -y groupinstall "X Window System" "Desktop" rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm yum -y install xrdp yum -y install firefox tigervnc tigervnc-server tigervnc-server-module chkconfig haldaemon --levels 2345 off chkconfig xrdp --levels 345 on service xrdp start

Then it is necessary to configure language options of the system:

Firstly,you need to create a file with settings:

touch /etc/sysconfig/i18n

Secondly,you need to open new created file for editing:

nano /etc/sysconfig/i18n

Thirdly, in the file you need to indicate local parameters and then save changes:

LANG="en_US.UTF-8"SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en" SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"

Finally, you need to install the local mentioned above:

localedef -c -f UTF-8 -ien_US en_US.utf8

When all the necessary settings are made you need to restart VPS using “reboot” function or you may push“Restart” button in control panel SolusVM.

For OS Fedora 14

yum -y upgrade yum -y groupinstall "X Window System" KDE yum -y install firefox nano tigervnc tigervnc-server tigervnc-server-module yum -y install xrdp chkconfig haldaemon --levels 2345 off chkconfig xrdp --levels 345 on service xrdp start

When the mentioned settings are performed you need to restart VPS by using reboot command or through the control panel SolusVM by pushing “Restart” button.

For OS Fedora 16

When the mentioned settings are performed you need to restart VPS by using reboot command or through the control panel SolusVM by pushing “Restart” button.

For OS Ubuntu 11

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install xrdp sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment sudo apt-get remove network-manager-gnome

When the mentioned settings are performed you need to restart VPS by using command“shutdow -r now” or through the control panel SolusVM by pushing “Restart” button.

For OS Ubuntu 12.04 x64

apt-get update
apt-get install ubuntu-desktop --no-install-recommends
apt-get install xrdp
/etc/init.d/xrdp start

When the mentioned settings are performed you need to restart VPS by pushing “Restart” button in the control panel SolusVM or in the Client Area

For Ubuntu 12.10 x86, Ubuntu 12.10 x64, Ubuntu 13.04 x86, Ubuntu 13.04 x64

apt-get install xrdp apt-get install gnome-session-fallback echo "gnome-session --session=gnome-fallback" > ~/.xsession service xrdp restart

When the mentioned settings are performed you need to restart VPS by pushing “Restart” button in the control panel SolusVM or in the Client Area.

For OS Debian 6

apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install gdm gnome xrdp apt-get remove network-manager-gnome

When the mentioned settings are performed you need to restart VPS by using command “shutdown –r now” or pushing “Restart” button in the control panel SolusVM.

CONNECTION TO A REMOTE DESKTOP

In order to connect to a remote desktop of your VPS you may use embedded to OS Windows RDPB-client. To start it you should perform mstsc command

In the opened window you need to insert IP-address of your VPS and push “Connect” button.

When the dialog window of user authorization is opened, insert login-details which you use for SSH-connection and push the “OK” button.

NETWORK CONNECTION SETTINGS

For OS CentOS 6

Pass to the via SSH terminal and perform command system-config-network

When the selection window is appeared, choose option “DNSconfiguration” and push “Enter” button

In the opened configuration window, insert in “Primary DNS” line the following IP-address 8.8.8.8. and for “Secondary DNS” line the following IP-address 4.2.2.3 and push the “Ok” button.

Then save all changes by using the “Save&Quit” button.

For OS Fedora 14

In the opened dialog window of your VPS desktop, pass to “Applications” then to “System Tools” and run «Terminal» application.

In the opened terminal window, perform command system-config-network

When the network settings configuration window is opened, pass to the “DNS” inlay and tap 8.8.8.8. IP- address for the “Primary DNS” field and 4.2.2.3 IP-address for the “Secondary DNS” field. Then save settings made by pushing “Ctrl + S” key combination.