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Submitted by falko (Contact Author) (Forums) on Sun, 2010-01-31 18:01. ::

4 Connecting To A VM From A Remote Desktop

4.1 Windows XP

You can use the built-in Remote Desktop Connection utility to connect to the VM:

Type in the hostname or IP address of the host (not the guest!):

And voilà, you should be connected to the VM:

 

4.2 Linux

On Linux desktops, you can use the rdesktop command to connect to the VM. Open a terminal (on Ubuntu, for example, it's under Applications > Accessories > Terminal)...

... and type in the following command:

rdesktop -a 16 192.168.0.100

(192.168.0.100 is the host IP address, not the one of the guest - replace it with your own IP address or hostname; -a 16 means 16 bit colour depth.)

And voilà, you should be connected to the VM:

 

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Headless Vbox
Submitted by Charley (not registered) on Thu, 2010-02-04 08:48.
Wouldn't it be easier to install X and do this graphically, then set Ubuntu not to run X on startup? When you need to make changes, just start x and go into the gui. Otherwise, the gui doesn't run.
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Re: Headless Vbox
Submitted by GraveR (registered user) on Fri, 2010-02-12 19:47.
Even better: when running Linux as desktop or have a X Window server available: ssh -X to the server and then run the GUI. This way, you don't have to have full X on the server.
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Multiple guests
Submitted by Fredrik (not registered) on Wed, 2010-02-03 10:58.

Thanks for the guide!

 One questions springs to mind: if I have a host running several guests at once, how do I control which of them to connect to via RDP?

 Cheers!

Fredrik

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Re: Multiple guests
Submitted by dahas (not registered) on Sun, 2010-02-14 20:31.

Easy just type:

VBoxHeadless --help
VirtualBox Headless Interface 3.1.2
(C) 2008-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Unknown option: --help

Usage:
   -s, -startvm, --startvm <name|uuid>   Start given VM (required argument)
   -v, -vrdp, --vrdp on|off|config       Enable (default) or disable the VRDP
                                         server or don't change the setting
   -p, -vrdpport, --vrdpport <ports>     Comma-separated list of ports the VRDP
                                         server can bind to. Use a dash between
                                         two port numbers to specify a range
   -a, -vrdpaddress, --vrdpaddress <ip>  Interface IP the VRDP will bind to
   -c, -capture, --capture               Record the VM screen output to a file
   -w, --width                           Frame width when recording
   -h, --height                          Frame height when recording
   -r, --bitrate                         Recording bit rate when recording
   -f, --filename                        File name when recording.  The codec
                                         used will be chosen based on the
                                         file extension

Example:

VBoxHeadless --startvm <VM> -p 2222

on windows remote desktop type ip followd by port number like this 192.168.10.1:2222

 

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