VNC setup in Digitalocean
2018-03-01

VNC setup in Digitalocean

digitalocean setup vnc ubuntu

Install xfce desktop environment

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$ sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies

Install TightVNC for VNC server

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$ sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

Initialize VNC server

  • run VNC server once
  • enter and verify password
  • ignore view-only password
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    $ vncserver
    Password:
    Verify:
    View-only password:

To configure VNC, first kill the running VNC server

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$ vncserver -kill :1
Killing Xtightvnc process ID 13456

Backup xstartup configuration file

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$ mv ~/.vnc/xstartup ~/.vnc/xstartup.orig

Edit xstartup file

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$ vim ~/.vnc/xstartup

And add following content

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*~/.vnc/xstartup*
#!/bin/bash
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
startxfce4 &

  • Look at ~/.Xresources file for VNC’s GUI framework information
  • Start XFCE whenever VNC server is started

Provide executable permission for ~/.vnc/xstartup file

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$ sudo chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

Start VNC server

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$ vncserver -geometry 1280x800