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How can I connect to Amazon ec2 through a GUI? I believe this requires setup of gui in the instance. I tried many links, right out of the first page, after googling, but I got stuck at the stage, where I have to use the VNC client to connect. Below is a sample client I am trying to use

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Taking a sample amazon instance public dns

    ec2-<ip address>.compute-1.amazonaws.com

How can I connect using VNC,or tightVNc after all the setup has been done?

UPDATE 1

The links I followed link1 link2

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Lakshmi Narayanan
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Typically the AWS linux instances are servers, with no UI installed. most instances don't have the RAM to run a UI. Also why pay for amazon CPU time just to run a UI?

If you do choose to install one or use a distro that has one, make sure you can get through the firewall. Create an SSH tunnel using your aws.pem file, I am assuming you can ssh in from the command line

ssh -i aws.pem -f user@aws-server.com -L 5900:aws-server.com:5900 -N

conect vnc to your localhost:5900, which will be the tunnel to AWS.

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  • Thank you for your answer. I was able to connect through ssh, terminal and I was able to install ubuntu-desktop. Plase check edit for the links I followed – Lakshmi Narayanan Aug 31 '15 at 13:11