HOW TO CONFIGURE VNC SERVER IN LINUX

VNC server is a used to share desktop with remote computer. VNC works on client server architecture. To share desktop you need vnc-server package and to access from other computers you need vnc-viewer. In this tutorials I will show you how to configure vnc server.
For demonstration purpose we will use two linux systems. Both systems should have graphics installed.

To configure VNC- Server

Boot system in init 5 or graphic mode. vnc-server rpm is required to configure server check it if not found install it.

now click on preferences from system and select remote desktop

This will launch a new window where you can set sharing and security for remote desktop

Allow other users to view your desktop check this option if you to present your desktop on other computer
Allow other users to control your desktop Check this options if you want to grant permission to control user desktop to other user
In security tab you can set password for the user who want to connect with server [Recommended]

Configure Linux client

Go on client system and ping server. vnc-viewer rpm is required to configure clients

check it and if not found install
Now select accessories from application menu and click on vnc viewer

this will launch a window Give vnc server ip in it and click on ok

Once connected it will ask for password Give the password which you set on server

On server side it will show a pop up and ask for permission click on allow

After getting permission from server side you can use server desktop on client side

HOW TO CONFIGURE SAMBA SERVER IN LINUX

Configure samba server

In this example we will configure a samba server and will transfer files from client side.For this example we are using two systems one linux server one window clients.
per quest of samba server

• A linux server with ip address 192.168.0.254 and hostname Server
• A window client with ip address 192.168.0.2 and hostname Client2
• Updated /etc/hosts file on linux system
• Running portmap and xinetd services
• Firewall should be off on server

We have configured all these steps in our pervious article.
We suggest you to review that article before start configuration of samba server. Once you have completed the necessary steps follow this guide.
samba rpm is required to configure samba server. check them if not found then install

Now check smb, portmap, xinetd service in system service it should be on

 #setup Select  System service from list
 [*]portmap
 [*]xinetd
 [*]smb

Now restart xinetd and portmap and smb service

To keep on these services after reboot on then via chkconfig command

After reboot verify their status. It must be in running condition

Create a normal user named vinita

now create /data directory and grant it full permission

open /etc/samba/smb.conf main samba configuration files

By default name of workgroup is MYGROUP in smb.conf file. you can change it with desire name

our task is to share data folder for vinita user so go in the end of file and do editing as shown here in this image

save file with :wq and exit
Now add vinita user to samba user

we have made necessary change now on smb service and check it status

if you already have on this service then restart it with service smb restart commands.

Client configuration for samba server

Go on windows system and ping samba server, change computer name to client2 and workgroup name to MYGROUP

reboot system after changing workgroup name
After reboot open my network place here you can see samba server [ if not see then click on view workgroup computer in right pane, if still not see then use search button from tool bar and search computer samba server form ip ]

First try to login from user nikita she will not successes as nikita have not permission to login

Now login from user vinita [ give the password which you set with smbpasswd command ]

As you can see in image user vinita gets the /data folder which we share from samba server

Copy some window files in data folder

Check status on samba server

on samba server you can check runtime status of samba server to check it run smbstatus command

in output you see that one samba shared directory is used on window system

HOW TO CONFIGURE WEBSERVER IN LINUX

Configure web server

In this example we will configure a web server.
necessary rpm for web server is httpd, httpd-devel and apr check them for install
Now configure the ip address to 192.168.0.254 and check it

start httpd daemons and verify its running status

Configure virtual hosting

In this example we will host a website www.vinita.com to apache web server. create a documents root directory for this website and a index page

for testing purpose we are writing site name in its index page

save file and exit
now open /etc/hosts file

in the end of file bind system ip with www.vinita.com

now open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf main configuration file of apache server

locate virtual host tag

remove # from the beginning and add the IP of host

Now go in the end of file and copy last seven line [ virtual host tag ] and paste them in the end of file. change these seven lines as shown in image

now save this file and exit from it
you have done necessary configuration now restart the httpd service and test this configuration run links command

if links command retrieve your home page

means you have successfully configured the virtual host now test it with site name

In output of links command you should see the index page of site

Configure multiple site with same ip address

At this point you have configured one site www.vinita.com with the ip address 192.168.0.254. Now we will configure one more site www.nikita.com with same ip address
create a documents root directory for www.nikita.com website and a index page

for testing purpose we are writing site name in its index page

save file and exit
now open /etc/hosts file and bind system ip with www.nikita.com

now open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf main configuration file of apache server

Now go in the end of file and copy last seven line [ virtual host tag ] and paste them in the end of file. change these seven lines as shown in image

now save this file and exit from it
you have done necessary configuration now restart the httpd service

test this configuration run links command

In output of links command you should see the index page of site

configure multiple site with multiple ip address

Now we will host multiple sites with multiple ip address. Create a virtual lan card on server and assign its an ip address of 192.168.0.253. we will create a testing site www.nidhi.com and will bind it with ip address of 192.168.0.253
create a documents root directory for www.nidhi.com website and a index page

for testing purpose we are writing site name in its index page

save file and exit
now open /etc/hosts file and bind system ip with www.nidhi.com

now open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf main configuration file of apache server

Now go in the end of file and copy last seven line [ virtual host tag ] and paste them in the end of file. change these seven lines as shown in image

now save this file and exit from it
you have done necessary configuration now restart the httpd service

test this configuration run links command

In output of links command you should see the index page of site

How to create site alias

Now I will show you that how can you use site alias to configure more name of same site. we configure a site www.vinita.com in stating of example. now we will create www.goswami.com site alias for this site so this site can be access with both name.
To create alias first make its entry in /etc/hosts file as shown here

Now open main apache configuration /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Now go in the end of file and copy last seven line [ virtual host tag ] and paste them in the end of file. change these seven lines as shown in image

now save this file and exit from it
you have done necessary configuration now restart the httpd service and test this configuration run links command

In output of links command you should see the index page of site