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How can i create a VM with ubuntu desktop in digital ocean?

Posted on October 30, 2019

Hi, i’m a developer and i’m new to digital ocean and i like to create a VM with ubuntu desktop to develop client software in rdp or vnc, how can i create a VM with it?

Thank’you

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Bobby

October 30, 2019

Accepted Answer

Hello,

What you could do is the following:

Setup a new Ubuntu droplet with enough resources
SSH to the new droplet and run:

sudo apt-get update

Then if you like Gnome desktop, install the following:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

After that install XRDP:

sudo apt-get install xrdp

Enable XRDP to start on boot:

systemctl enable xrdp

If you have a firewall make sure that the 3389 port is open:

sudo ufw allow 3389/tcp

Add a new low privileged account:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-18-04

Then you can use any RDP client to connect to your server with your new account.

Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby

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