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Create an Ubuntu EC2 Linux Desktop with xRDP
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## Supply this file as the user data when launching an Ubuntu EC2 instance
#!/bin/bash
apt -y update
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt -y upgrade
apt install -y ubuntu-mate-desktop
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
apt install -y xrdp
systemctl enable xrdp
# NOTES:
# run `sudo passwd ubuntu` to set a password for xrdp
# Lock down the AWS Security Group to just your source IP address for ports 22 and 3389
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