How to connect to virtual machine using VNC?

Apps and Virtualization
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I’m using TrueNAS 25.10.2.1 - Goldeye. I currently have three virtual Linux machines and am trying to stand up a new Linux VM. It appears that the default console is now VNC, however, I’m not finding a VNC view on my NAS. I only get this popup when I click on display.

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I tried switching to Spice for the display, but it just hangs, as a matter of fact, the current Spice display on all of my VM’s hangs. It appears that Spice is no longer an option.

Any suggestions on how to get VNC to work?

Thanks

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You need to use a VNC client from another machine.

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In case you are using a Mac, there is a VNC client builtin to Mac OS.

Bring the Finder to the front, e.g. by clicking on the desktop background, type Cmd+K, enter

vnc://<IP of your TrueNAS>:5904

into the dialog box.

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An improvement would be for the message to not show 0.0.0.0:port but TrueNAS-IP:port

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Yes, that would be helpful.
Thanks

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Thank you for the replies. Much appreciated.