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1. #Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity install
2. #Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity update
3. #Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity password
4. #Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity windows

Sending login info to session manager, please wait. Connecting to sesman IP 127.0.0.1 port 3350 The error will be saying things as follows.

#Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity windows

# reboot now Step 12: Connecting with Remote Desktop ClientĪfter the server has been restarted, we can access the server with Windows Remote Desktop Client.Īt this point of time, some of you may encounter error when logging in via RDP. # sudo service xrdp restartĪfter that, we restart the server. We need to edit the file by changing entire of the file content to be as follows. We need to configure the xrdp settings by editing the startwm.sh in Nano Text Editor. echo xfce4-session >~/.xsession Step 11: Inspect xrdp Settings This is to tell the Ubuntu server to know that Xfce has been chosen to replace Unity as desktop environment.

#Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity install

sudo apt-get install xfce4Īfter it is installed successfully, please run the following command. We will then proceed to install Xfce which is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. sudo apt-get install xrdp Step 10: Changing to Use Xfce Desktop Environment This helps us to connect to the server using Microsoft Remote Desktop Client. Xrdp is an open source Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server which provides a graphical login to remote machines. # sudo apt-get install nano Step 9: Installing xrdp Here, I’ll use the Nano Text Editor by installing it first. We are going to change some configurations later, so we will need to use a text editor.

#Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity update

# sudo apt-get update Step 8: Installing Text Editor Take note that at this point of time Unity will be the desktop environment.Īfter that, we update the packages again. This will take about 4 minutes to finish. Then we can proceed to install the default desktop using the following command. This will take about 2 minutes to finish. # passwd Step 7: Installing Ubuntu Desktopįirstly, let’s do some updating for the packages via the following commands.

#Rdp to ubuntu 16.04 unity password

Hence, once we login to the server via PuTTY, we need to immediately update the root password using the command below for our own good. The default password is not user-friendly. In order to get the user credential to access the server, we need to click on the “Server Details” to view the IP address, username, and password. Step 5: Getting IP Address, Username, and Password Within 5 minutes, the server should finish installing and booting up. Thirdly, we click on the “Save Private Key” button to save the private key on somewhere safe.įourthly, we copy all of the text in the Public Key field and paste it to the textbox in Vultr under the “Add SSH Key” section.īefore we can deploy the server, we need to key in the hostname for the new server.Īfter we have done that, then we can instruct Vultr to deploy the server by clicking on the “Deploy Now” button at the bottom of the page. Secondly, once the Public Key is generated, we need to enter a key passphrase for additional security. The steps for creating SSH key on Windows with PuTTYgen is as follows.įirstly, we need to click on the “Generate” button on PuTTYgen.

Vultr is friendly to provide us a tutorial about generating SSH Keys on Windows and Linux. So ya, we will stick to using Ubuntu 16.04 圆4 in this article. Then the latest Ubuntu 18.04 圆4 is not yet tried by me. I tried with Ubuntu 17.10 圆4 before but I couldn’t successfully RDP into it. Here, I choose 60 GB SSD server with Ubuntu 16.04 圆4 installed. Subsequently, we will be asked to select the type and size for the server. Vultr is currently available in many cities in popular countries such as Japan, Singapore, Germany, United States, Australia, etc.

So today, I’m going to share how I deploy a Ubuntu server which is located in Tokyo, a city far away from where I am now. Setting a server overseas seems a pretty cool warmup to do for developers, right? Recently, my friend recommended me to try out Vultr which provide cloud servers. While waiting for lunch, it’s nice to do some warmups.