GUI setup on Ubuntu Server based on AWS, with free tier.

ubuntu-gui-setup.md

• Step 1. Get Ubuntu Server with Free Tier eligible option.
• Step 2. Set up everything and access your server
• Step 3. Run following commands to setup xRDP

sudo apt update &&  sudo apt upgrade

sudo sed -i 's/^PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

sudo systemctl restart sshd

sudo passwd <your_username>

sudo apt install xrdp xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver

echo xfce4-session> /home/<your_username>/.xsession 

sudo cp /home/<your_username>/.xsession /etc/skel

sudo sed -i '0,/-1/s//ask-1/' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

sudo service xrdp restart

• Step 4. Reboot

NOTES:

• For security open only port 22 and configure tunneling through the PuTTy.
• For running daemon in background setsid gnome-calculator
• For running script in background nohup /path/to/your/script.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &