How to Create an Ubuntu 20.04 VPS with GUI Desktop on Contabo using RDP - Step-by-Step

I show you step-by-step how you can create a very secure Ubuntu 20.04 VPS with Desktop , from scratch. We are then going to access it by the windows 10 remote desktop connection via RDP by installing XRDP . And finally, how to link it to Google Drive Online Account

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0.00 The Video Purpose 2.52 The Ubuntu 20.04 VPS purchase Process 8.15 Build Ubuntu 20.04 with GUI Desktop via Putty SSH Client 13.30 Run Remote Desktop Connection and Basic Configuration 16.20 Enable all Online Accounts including Google Drive on Ubuntu 20.04 22.10 YouTube End Cards

Build Ubuntu 20.04 with Desktop via Putty SSH Client Commands

  01) adduser xrdpuser   (password : e.g paste  se7ye8pc5hs0  )
  02) usermod -aG sudo,adm xrdpuser && su xrdpuser
  03) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
  04) sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop mmv htop stacer gnome-software xrdp -y
  05) sudo rm /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.color.policy
  06) sudo sed -i 's/3389/53579/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
  07) sudo sed -i 's/#Port 22/Port 53572/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  08) sudo ufw allow 53572 && sudo ufw allow 53579 && sudo ufw enable && sudo ufw status numbered
  09) sudo reboot    

reconnect via SSH port 53572 using xrdpuser

  10) sudo passwd --delete --lock root 
  11) sudo reboot

Connect via The Remote Dektop Connection (RDP) port 53579

Configuration 1) ASAP - On desktop, disable all lock screen settings - on privacy options

How to link Google Drive 1) On the Desktop, In the Terminal Application : a) cd /etc/netplan && sudo mmv '*.yaml' '#1.moved-for-youtube' && ls -la b) sudo wget ht tp://files.cloudtech.video/V30-cloudtech.yaml --output-document=v30-cloudtech.yaml && ls -la && cat v30-cloudtech.yaml (please remove the spaces in https) c) sudo reboot

            i)  Show how to get a free Google Account
            ii) Connect to Google Drive Online account :ycloudtech@gmail.com
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          d) cd /etc/netplan && sudo  rm v30-cloudtech.yaml && sudo mmv '*.moved-for-youtube' '#1.yaml' && ls -la
          e) sudo reboot

Connecting via RDP from MacOS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7TCvLuWlF0 Connecting via RDP from Chromebook : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUraznLMMs Connecting via RDP from Linux : https://opensource.com/article/18/6/linux-remote-desktop

how to create a google account (also knon as a gmail account) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcvWhAgS028

Video describing how to create a brand new Google Drive Account (if needed) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uJ1TxklS2Y

Chapters

0.00 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NnxgAQsJkE