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| jpc:remote_desktop:index [2026/03/26 02:30] – [Disabling the Remote Desktop Service] mfranklin | jpc:remote_desktop:index [2026/03/26 02:31] (current) – mfranklin |
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| ====== Using the jPC's Remote Desktop Feature ====== | ====== Using the Remote Desktop Feature ====== |
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| When the Wayland compositor starts for the jPC's display, it also starts an instance of [[https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/wayvnc/wayvnc.1.en.html|WayVNC]] on localhost:5900, and then an instance of [[https://novnc.com/info.html|noVNC]] to expose WayVNC through a [[https://nginx.org/en/index.html|nginx]] web server instance at localhost:5980. | When the Wayland compositor starts for the panel PC's display, it also starts an instance of [[https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/wayvnc/wayvnc.1.en.html|WayVNC]] on localhost:5900, and then an instance of [[https://novnc.com/info.html|noVNC]] to expose WayVNC through a [[https://nginx.org/en/index.html|nginx]] web server instance at localhost:5980. |
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| To view, and interact with jpc's display remotely: | To view, and interact with panel PC's display remotely: |
| - Run ''ssh -L 5980:localhost:5980 admin@{jpc_ip_address}'' on the remote computer to open an SSH tunnel to port 5980. | - Run ''ssh -L 5980:localhost:5980 admin@{panel_pc_ip_address}'' on the remote computer to open an SSH tunnel to port 5980. |
| - Open a browser to ''https://localhost:5980'' to view and interact with the jPC's display. | - Open a browser to ''https://localhost:5980'' to view and interact with the panel PC's display. |
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| The method leverages the security of SSH's authentication and encryption so separate authentication, authorization, and encryption for WayVNC and NoVNC are not needed. | The method leverages the security of SSH's authentication and encryption so separate authentication, authorization, and encryption for WayVNC and NoVNC are not needed. |