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Users can connect to Nectar virtual machine using a variety of SSH (Secure Shell) clients and most of these terminals are text based. If you need to use some GUI applications on your virtual machine, you need to use SSH clients with X11 forwarding enabled.
The X11 forwarding is a software package and network protocol that lets you interact locally, using your personal computer's display, mouse, and keyboard, with the graphical user interface of an application running on a virtual machine. X11 forwarding allows user to start up applications on remote virtual machine but forward the graphical display to your local machine. The connection between your laptop and virtual machine is secured via SSH connection.
Cloud One This tutorial is part of the Nectar Cloud One curriculum. You should be familiar with the basics of virtual machine and know how to launch and access a virtual machine in Nectar Cloud. If you think you need help with any of that, you should complete Cloud Start tutorial before you start here. {: .callout-warning}
- Configure virtual machine to enable X11 forwarding
- Install X server
- Access graphical application via SSH
- A running virtual machine with Ubuntu 19.04 installed
- Terminal Software