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GUI Access to Ubuntu 14.04 (Azure VMs) from windows


Note:
            We have used Azure Virtual Machine (Ubuntu 14.04) specifically to configure it, so that we can access via windows RDP

Pre-requisites:
NSG(Network Security Group) with (http/https/rdp/ssh) configured as inbound rules



Virtual Machine:
            Create a New VM:(Ubuntu 14.04)

            


Select the Configuration and select the NSG Created
 





Once The VM is created Grab the IP from the Dashboard and do ssh to the VM using putty



sylesh@sylesh1:~$ sudo –s
Note: will be prompted password( it same password which you passed while machine creation)
root@sylesh1:~#
root@sylesh1:~# apt-get update
root@sylesh1:~# apt-get install xrdp –y
Note: This will take some time after this is done
root@sylesh1:~# apt-get install lubuntu-desktop –y
Note:This will take somewhere about 15 mins after this is done create a xsession file in the users home directory with some content

root@sylesh1:~# echo "lxsession -s Lubuntu -e LXDE  " > ~/.xsession

root@sylesh1:~# /etc/init.d/xrdp restart
Note: Congrats Now we can access the gui of the Ubuntu 14.04






























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