Setup Azure VM Ubuntu Server to be Desktop

The following describes how to use an Azure VM to install Ubuntu Desktop

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

sudo apt install xrdp 
sudo adduser xrdp ssl-cert  

#sudo ufw allow from 192.168.33.0/24 to any port 3389
sudo ufw allow 3389

Restart the VM

Restart the vm using the azure portal

The next task that we need to do is to install and configure xRDP

Create a Downloads folder under your home directory, and go to there:

mkdir Downloads
cd Downloads

Download

Download the next zip file (that contains the script to install and configure xRDP for Unity Interface).. I’ll give credits to Griffon who’s wrote the original one install-xrdp-1.9.1.zip

wget -O ~ https://tym1zq.bn.files.1drv.com/y4mWThEWEC0iKojSq34rQCdsw4GdG0dkbpLTLPMHJRT6AXndOq1f8rZ2VvTAi2g9lpg3CFrHKnG9XcF5FXPeR9FdOjdg9Oyvu8BIlxY4xXLR1HsI-1vRM4SIGr5Ik39gzKceZL3fqgROkVn3aMmYZEQI6xrFfVLYyMfC-RvBFjYGxLCNp8BpuqRu_LFVsVfAdi-/install-xrdp-1.9.1.zip

# Because I need it in the next step, install unzip
sudo apt-get install unzip

# Ok, now unzip the file to get the script
unzip install-xrdp-1.9.1.zip

# Change the file permissions by:
chmod +x ~/Downloads/install-xrdp-1.9.1.sh



sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install xfce4
sudo apt install xfce4-session

References:

• https://build5nines.com/how-to-setup-an-ubuntu-linux-vm-in-azure-with-remote-desktop-rdp-access/#:~:text=How%20to%20Setup%20an%20Ubuntu%20Linux%20VM%20in,Installing%20RDP%20Support%20on%20the%20Linux%20VM.%20

• https://sorcia25.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/how-to-setup-an-ubuntu-linux-vm-in-azure-with-remote-desktop-rdp-access-ubuntu-desktop-gui/

• https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-xrdp-on-ubuntu-20-04/

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/use-remote-desktop