How to display a graphical linux program running on vagrant with Xming

After reading this you will be able to display a graphic linux program running on vagrant or a remote linux server. The output will appear directly in your windows 10.

We will use :

• Xming : X-Windows terminal emulator (X Server) that runs on Microsoft Windows computers. Xming allows the Windows machines to display a graphical linux program which is basically running on a remote Linux server. Click here to download the latest version
• Putty : to secure an X-Window session using Xming with PuTTY SSH Client. Click here to download the latest version

Required informations :

1. Hostname IP
2. Port
3. Login / Password of the remote machine or SSH KEY

Steps :

1. Start Xming
2. Open the session configuration with PuTTy (Start PuTTy)
3. In PuTTY configuration window, go to Connection → SSH → X11
4. Make sure that the Enable X11 forwarding box is checked
5. Make sure you have the correct hostname / port filled in the Session Category
6. Connect
7. Launch any GUI application from PuTTY and it will appear on your windows 10 screen !

If you dont use vagrant as remote machine you can pass this part

To get the required informations with vagrant :

1. vagrant up
2. vagrant ssh-config

In this tutorial we will assume that the Host Name is 127.0.0.1 and port is : 2222

PuTTy configuration should be like this :

• Connect to the remote machine with PuTTy
• Launch your application on the PuTTy command line ./yourprogram and it will appear on your windows 10