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How do you work with a headless Ubuntu 18.04 system? I would like to make this easy so for me a remote desktop just like the local real | How do you work with a headless Ubuntu 18.04 system? I would like to make this easy so for me a remote desktop just like the local real | ||
desktop would be great. I think I have now, it but it has been hard to get there. I would like to maintain as much security as possible. | desktop would be great. I think I have now, it but it has been hard to get there. I would like to maintain as much security as possible. | ||
− | The access to the Ubuntu machine will be from Windows 10. For me this is all inside my local network. | + | The access to the Ubuntu machine will be from Windows 10. For me this is all inside my local network. There seem to be 3 useful ways to do this: |
* Get command line access ( Putty and SSH ) | * Get command line access ( Putty and SSH ) | ||
* Webmin, remote http web access. | * Webmin, remote http web access. | ||
* Full VNC desktop ( there are other remote desktops ) | * Full VNC desktop ( there are other remote desktops ) | ||
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− | Of these VNC is the most difficult, and the one I wanted, it will be discussed first | + | Of these VNC is the most difficult, and the one I wanted, it will be discussed first. |
− | === VNC full Desktop | + | |
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+ | === VNC full Desktop Goal === | ||
I would like to use VNC to access a Ubuntu 18.04 system from windows like I do with the Raspberry Pi. | I would like to use VNC to access a Ubuntu 18.04 system from windows like I do with the Raspberry Pi. | ||
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* Connect to the existing desktop | * Connect to the existing desktop | ||
* Keep the connection secure | * Keep the connection secure | ||
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This has been a bit of a struggle for a number of gotchas. | This has been a bit of a struggle for a number of gotchas. | ||
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* To get VNC working there seem to be various components. | * To get VNC working there seem to be various components. | ||
** VNC server | ** VNC server | ||
− | ** Desktop software ( there are many different ones, you may need to install -- however here I want to run on the default Ubuntu 18.04 desktop so | + | ** Desktop software ( there are many different ones, you may need to install -- however here I want to run on the default Ubuntu 18.04 desktop so no install is necessary ) |
** A way to connect to the VNC server -- many servers will only connect to localhost 127.0.0.1 so we will use vnc tunnelling to make a remote connection appear to be on localhost | ** A way to connect to the VNC server -- many servers will only connect to localhost 127.0.0.1 so we will use vnc tunnelling to make a remote connection appear to be on localhost | ||