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I'm a PuTTY newbie. Sorry if my questions sounds a bit basic.
Our client has an AWS EC2 Ubuntu instance to which we have received access. I can connect to the instance using PuTTY. But I need to install and test many programs and files on the instance.
I am wondering if one gets GUI access to an EC2 instance so one can use it like a normal OS and not through command line.
Disasterkid
Posted 2017-06-12T08:31:38.163
Reputation: 101
3Ubuntu does not imply there is a GUI. And even if you “need to install and test many programs and files”, the command-line interface does not appear inappropriate to me. Unless those are GUI programs. – Daniel B – 2017-06-12T08:36:30.017
@DanielB no they are not GUI programs. but i honestly had no idea i'll be working in the dark and had therefore underestimated the amount of time needed. is it the same situation with a EC2 Windows instance. – Disasterkid – 2017-06-12T08:42:57.490
You can connect to the same host using multiple PuTTY instances, by the way. – Daniel B – 2017-06-12T08:51:09.587
@DanielB thanks for answer. would you like to post it? – Disasterkid – 2017-06-12T08:54:51.027
1It’s not really an answer, because you can get GUI access using X11 forwarding or VNC or whatever. ;) – Daniel B – 2017-06-12T09:04:51.330
@DanielB well in that case would you post that as an answer? – Disasterkid – 2017-06-12T09:33:06.267
@DanielB do X11 or VNC work with SSH? – Disasterkid – 2017-06-12T10:47:16.030
2"so one can use it like a normal OS and not through command line" The argument could be made that this logic is exactly inverted, that the command line is "normal" access and using a GUI isn't. – Michael - sqlbot – 2017-06-12T10:53:45.090
@Michael-sqlbot true. i meant if there's a GUI version of a remote server. – Disasterkid – 2017-06-12T10:58:50.927