X on windows 7

Install Xming server on your windows platform.
Install putty.
Connect putty to remote machine with these options:

You can start your GUI remotely

Spring embedded FTP server

Here is how to embed apache FTP server in a spring application:

<!-- ///////////////////// initializes ftp test server JAVA code is written for educational purposes :) ------------------------------------------------------ BaseUser testUser = new BaseUser(); testUser.setName("myUserName"); testUser.setPassword("myPassword"); testUser.setHomeDirectory("src/main/ftp"); -----------------------------------------------------> <bean id="testUser" class="org.apache.ftpserver.usermanager.impl.BaseUser"> <property name="name" value="myUserName" /> <property name="password" value="myPassword" /> <property name="homeDirectory" value="src/main/ftp" /> </bean> <!---------------------------------------------------- PropertiesUserManagerFactory userManagerFactory = new PropertiesUserManagerFactory (); -----------------------------------------------------> <bean id="userManagerFactory" class="org.apache.ftpserver.usermanager.PropertiesUserManagerFactory"> </bean> <!---------------------------------------------------- UserManager userManager = userManagerFactory.createUserManager (); -----------------------------------------------------> <bean id="userManager" factory-bean="userManagerFactory" factory-method="createUserManager"> </bean> <!---------------------------------------------------- userManager.save(testUser); -----------------------------------------------------> <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean"> <property name="targetObject"> <ref bean="userManager" /> </property> <property name="targetMethod"> <value>save</value> </property> <property name="arguments"> <ref bean="testUser" /> </property> </bean> <!---------------------------------------------------- FtpServerFactory ftpTestServerFactory = new FtpServerFactory (); ftpTestServerFactory.setUserManager(userManager); -----------------------------------------------------> <bean id="ftpTestServerFactory" class="org.apache.ftpserver.FtpServerFactory"> <property name="userManager"> <ref bean="userManager" /> </property> </bean> <!---------------------------------------------------- FtpServer ftpTestServer = ftpTestServerFactory.createServer(); ftpTestServer.start(); -----------------------------------------------------> <bean id="ftpTestServer" factory-bean="ftpTestServerFactory" factory-method="createServer" init-method="start" destroy-method="stop"> </bean> <!-- end of initializing ftp test server --> We embedded it in our development application context for spring. Also, we created scheduled thread to periodically generate content for embedded ftp server. It works like a charm.