Ok I've found the issue, at the beginning it didn't work since I didn't add the port 5901 to the forwarded ports, then I added it and restated the VM and forgot to start the VNC server from Ambari - that's why TightVNC returned "connection has been gracefully closed". Thanks! ... View more

Pining to 127.0.0.1 will obviously work, trying to connect to it via TightVnc returns "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" (I should mention that I'm not sure which port I should use - I tried 2222<the port that the putty connects to> and it returned unsupported protocol, 5901<the port that according to the guide should be forwarded , which I did under virtualbox-> vm settings -> network-> adapter1-> port forwarding ) and it returns "connection has been gracefully closed". Switching from NAT to Bridge blocked putty from connection, I added second adapter(Bridge) so now my desktop can ping to that interface , but I can't add a port to forward to it (that option is blocked) and TightVnc returns connection refused. ... View more

Maybe I've missed something but I was under the impression that Ambari takes care of all those settings and installations(at least that is what the guide is showing..) ... View more

I know how to connect through putty but I need a graphical interface since I want to use Intellij or Eclipse ... View more