By lorenzov
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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Hello,
What you could do is the following:
-
Setup a new Ubuntu droplet with enough resources
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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
3389port 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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