Xpra

xpra is the tmux for X windows, they say...

Install xpra

• Install xpra (fedora)

sudo dnf -y install xpra

The test setup

• The server is at 10.10.0.242, which can be reached by ssh (134.102.55.231 via ssh port 11081) or locally under 10.10.0.242.
• We want to run code-insiders on the server
• We want to access the code-insiders window from the home office as well as the office in the university.

The application

Start the application (here code-insiders):

xpra start :100 --start="code-insiders" --bind-tcp=0.0.0.0:10000

Without SSH Tunneling

Means that we are in the same network or are using a VPN

xpra attach tcp://10.10.0.242:10000

With SSH Tunneling

Making a tunnel from home via the ssh gate way (134.102.55.231 with ssh port on 11081) to (gate2 i.e. 10.10.0.242):

ssh -p 11081 -L 10000:10.10.0.242:10000 davrot@134.102.55.231

Connect to the xpra session:

xpra attach tcp://localhost:10000