that was using lightvnc and vnc4all both. just now getting started creating droplet with your product.

I am trying kubuntu is it possible to install in current droplet and remove the current Ubuntu 14.04 or do I even need to do that?

I get error unable to execute nosnd.
I am so far over my head. I got everything installed via ssh but even following the walk through on the wiki I am not sure how to set up the client correctly.
Not sure what to put under path.
not sure what to put under rsa/dsa key
not sure about all the boxes below key
not sure on session type.

The scripts have not been tested on an already deployed droplet but should work unless something is conflicting with what it installs. I would recommend using this by creating a new droplet. Select Ubuntu 14.04 as your OS, check the “User Data” box and paste in the script.

As for the client, if you are using ssh keys for authentication you just need to enter your IP address and root as the username and then check the box to attempt to automatically connect.

The session type will be the desktop environment you chose: KDE, LXDE or XFCE.

you are amazing and wow this thing is fast. Holy Cow!!! much appreciated and any reviews etc I can do please let me know. I couldn’t use auto start since I didn’t use a passphrase for the ssh key but I am in and working

Ryan, have been up and running and learning more about this. Amazed for sure. I need to add a user or something to access only one application/program and that’s it. How do I give them access and not give them a whole desktop etc. Really just a dashboard built in html5 is all they need to see. Not sure if it’s a DO or x2go thing or Neither. Thanks so much.

Restricting a user to a single application inside the desktop environment would be difficult. You should be able to launch a fullscreen browser on startup fairly easily though.

Different desktop environments use different methods to autorun applications. In XFCE for example you can set an application to auto-run when the desktop starts by adding a .desktop file to ~/.config/autostart

Create a file in that directory and add the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=My App
Comment=My App
Exec=google-chrome --kiosk http://example.com
OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false

The Exec line tells the desktop environment what to run. In this case it is opening Google Chrome in Kiosk (fullscreen) mode and loading http://example.com

The same command line argument will also work for Chromium by replacing google-chrome with chromium-browser

For Kubuntu you will need to make a couple minor changes. You will still create the same file in the autostart folder but remove the line:

OnlyShowIn=XFCE;

and add this line:

X-KDE-autostart-phase=1

(Changing this to a 2 will have the application start after the session manager does any restore, so try both options to ensure you have the functionality you want)

okay I have a new user created but am lost on how to add the auto start application. Do I do that under the new user name? if so I am doing something incorrect as it is telling me that there is no such file or directory. Or do I do it under my root user name?
Or is it under terminal for that users desktop?

So sorry

No worries.

The path: ~/.config/autostart indicates a folder inside the user’s home directory.

.config most likely already exists but autostart might not so we’ll create it.

mkdir /home/username/.config/autostart

Then create the new file and paste in your contents. (I use vi here but nano or another text editor can be used instead).

vi /home/username/.config/autostart/myapp.desktop

sorry i have more questions…but i am learning..
If i want to deploy a dashboard i have built in my server droplet. Do i have to have the client download the x2go client before they can log in? or is there a way to just pass them a url/ip address that will log them in? all i want them to see and have access to is the dashboard i created.
Second. I need to load the dashboard on a mobile device, same question as above? I have an Ip address for the dashbaord as well as a static IP for my droplet but i have no idea how to deploy something to them without going through x2go.