X2GO gameplan

1. Download PuTTY - a free SSH and telnet client for Windows, from https://www.putty.org
2. Install putty on Freds Windows pc
3. From Windows pc - create vultr vm with ssh keys for root called vultr-sshkey.ppk, passphase horse (copy puttygen key into vultr during server setup) 1b. using Putty, logon via ssh with root , then run commands :

update all repository indexes then upgrade any packages where there is a newer version available

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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

install xfce

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sudo apt-get install xfce4

install lxde

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sudo apt-get install lxde

latest x2go stable repository

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:x2go/stable

update all repository indexes again

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sudo apt-get update

install core x2go packages

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sudo apt-get install x2goserver x2goserver-xsession

install x2go extra bindings

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sudo apt-get install x2golxdebindings

install x2go desktop sharing module

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sudo apt-get install x2goserver-desktopsharing

fred userid setup on server (using sshkeys)

#------------------------------------------- useradd -m -d /home/fred fred

demo password is = y1o2r3k4

passwd fred
usermod -aG sudo fred sudo usermod -aG x2godesktopsharing fred

can stop login to ssh with password should be done by amending /etc/ssh/sshd_config but im not bothering as part of this demo (google it if needed)

jane userid setup on server

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sudo useradd -m -d /home/jane jane

demo password is = y1o2r3k4

sudo passwd jane
sudo usermod -aG sudo jane sudo usermod -aG x2godesktopsharing jane

reboot the server

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reboot

{vultr snapshot}

client prep

install x2go on freds windows 10 pc install x2go on janes ubuntu 20.04 pc use sudo apt-get install x2goclient on janes ubuntu 20.04 PC

5. Explain why better than xRDP a - uses same as SSH port 22 so no additional firewall or portfording changes required. so encypted (some versions of RDP has been cracked) b - can use ssh keys rarther than uid+password c - xRDP difficult to get working sometimes e.g. on AWS if using 18.04 then its fine but if using 20.04 lts , i challenge u to get it working d - support for both sound ,client side printing and shared folders e - want 1 soulution across all servers, cloud providers, on premise machines, all linux distros f - install then use no extra config needed g - can share screens (pandemic, working from home, collegues i ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_yOctzR-c