Hi,
How to configure Remote Display and use it. Kindly advise.
I have gone through the documents but not able to understand.
How to configure Remote Display
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Re: How to configure Remote Display
Virtualbox's Remote Display Extension (VRDE) is described in https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03. ... te-display and https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html#vrde
It is compatible with Microsoft's Remote Desktop protocol when the Oracle Extension Pack is installed, or a limited open-source VNC server, see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09. ... erextpacks.
VRDE remotes into the keyboard, monitor and mouse, in a sense like a remote-enabled KVM switch, and provides remote USB and other services if the Oracle Extension Pack is used. It does not actually remote into the VM's OS, so even OS's like DOS that have no idea what remote desktop is can be remoted into.
You access the VDRE by using the host's IP address and the port number chosen in the VM's Display settings, Remote Display tab. Enable the server, pick a unique port number not used elsewhere on the host OS.
In the host RDP or VNC viewer, go to localhost:portnumber or 127.0.0.1:portnumber.
If you want to access VRDE from other computers, open the chosen port number in the host's firewall, then on the other computer's RDP or VNC viewer go to host.IP.add.ress:portnumber.
You can also get access to VRDE by opening a desired port on your network router's Port Forwarding rules, pointing at the host IP address and the chosen port number. Out on the internet PC go to you.public.IP.address:portnumber or your.domain.ext:portnumber.
There are authentication schemes to restrict to desired users.
It is compatible with Microsoft's Remote Desktop protocol when the Oracle Extension Pack is installed, or a limited open-source VNC server, see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09. ... erextpacks.
VRDE remotes into the keyboard, monitor and mouse, in a sense like a remote-enabled KVM switch, and provides remote USB and other services if the Oracle Extension Pack is used. It does not actually remote into the VM's OS, so even OS's like DOS that have no idea what remote desktop is can be remoted into.
You access the VDRE by using the host's IP address and the port number chosen in the VM's Display settings, Remote Display tab. Enable the server, pick a unique port number not used elsewhere on the host OS.
In the host RDP or VNC viewer, go to localhost:portnumber or 127.0.0.1:portnumber.
If you want to access VRDE from other computers, open the chosen port number in the host's firewall, then on the other computer's RDP or VNC viewer go to host.IP.add.ress:portnumber.
You can also get access to VRDE by opening a desired port on your network router's Port Forwarding rules, pointing at the host IP address and the chosen port number. Out on the internet PC go to you.public.IP.address:portnumber or your.domain.ext:portnumber.
There are authentication schemes to restrict to desired users.
Re: How to configure Remote Display
I had tried the same way but was not able to connect, No Problem I will try again.
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Re: How to configure Remote Display
Are the "External" and "Guest" options under "Authentication Methods" under the Remote Display tab related to those?scottgus1 wrote:It is compatible with Microsoft's Remote Desktop protocol when the Oracle Extension Pack is installed, or a limited open-source VNC server, see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09. ... erextpacks.
I got it working with the NULL authentication method using port forwarding for SSH for authentication but didn't understand the External and Guest options.
Is the VRDE an RDP, VNC server, or both? I believe I was using RDP to access the Windows guests I was using... I had the machine the VMs were running on sitting there and on my other PC was able to keep VBox open the host PC and have something else open on the PC that was closer to me or have my RDP client open controlling the VM like VNC as you said. The screens where the same on both sides, unlike a traditional MS RDP session where the physical screen (or VirtualBox Window) would show the lock screen and if you logged in there, the RDP session would disconnect and when you connect again with RDP the screen will lock again, both cases have been of use to me depending on the circumstances.
I came across and was gonna look at http://www.marcomadeit.com/2017/02/26/s ... sktop-rdp/
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Re: How to configure Remote Display
The VRDE authentication methods are described in the manual https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html#vbox-Auth. I have not used other than 'null' authentication myself.
The VNC server is described in https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09. ... erextpacks. The authentication for VNC is more limited than RDP.
From this:
The VNC server is described in https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09. ... erextpacks. The authentication for VNC is more limited than RDP.
From this:
I gather that one can only have a RDP server or a VNC server active for connections in VDRE, not both at the same time. But the server type can be toggled.It is possible to install both the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack and VNC, but only one VRDE module can be active at any time.