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Websoft9 provides enterprise users with Linux system hosting support services to meet the special needs of DevOps and application hosting.

Linux Desktop image powered by Websoft9 on Cloud platform provides an secure, reliable and flexible virtual workspace for enterprise users, helping companies improve work efficiency, ensure data security and reduce operational costs.

Supported Linux images​

You can use supported images powered by Websoft9 with technical service at major cloud provider.

  • Linux server distributions, like Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, CentOS7.x

  • Linux with Desktop, like Gnome, KDE, Mate

    Gnome Desktop

  • Linux with common packages, like Docker, AI, machine learning

Remote Desktop for Linux​

This paragraph details how to configure a desktop environment and remote desktop (XRDP) for your Linux VM.

Prepare​

Before connecting to the desktop, you need to know the parameters associated with it

  • XRDP server port: 3389
  • systemd service 
    # For RDP
    sudo systemctl start | stop | restart | status xrdp

    # For Gnome
    sudo systemctl start | stop | restart | status gdm
  • Set a local user account password 
    sudo passwd your_user

Connect Desktop by XRDP​

  1. Open your local remote desktop client and connect to the IP addressof your Linux. image.png

  2. Enter the username and password for the user account on your VM as follows enter image description here

  3. After authenticating, the xfce desktop environment will load and look similar to the following example enter image description here

Set languages for Desktop​

Three steps for set lanuages for Desktop, below is the sample for KDE:

  • Install language packs

    yum search kde | grep -i chinese
    yum install kde-l10n-Chinese.noarch

  • Install fonts

    yum groupinstall "fonts"

  • Change the default settings by system settings > Commone Appearance and Behavior > Local > Languages

Common reference​

Create user​

You can run below commands to create new user and password

sudo su 
adduser xxxuser

Enable root account​

If your root account is can not login, please following below stes to enable it

  1. SSH connect your Linux

  2. Use below commands to set password for root

    sudo su
    sudo passwd root

  3. Edit file /etc/ssh/sshd_config and files at directory /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d

    1. Add configuration item: PermitRootLogin yes and PasswordAuthentication yes
    2. Delete configuration item: PermitRootLogin no and PasswordAuthentication no

  4. Restart SSH server

    sudo systemctl restart sshd

Encoding and Fonts​

Encoding and fonts both serve characters, but there are fundamental differences:

  • Encoding is the format in which the computer stores all kinds of characters (UTF8, Unicode, etc.), it is a machine oriented design form, run the locale command to see the encoding.
  • Fonts are the formats that computers use to display characters (Google Fonts), and are human-oriented design forms.

Troubleshoot​

Can I use VNC to connect desktop?​

Yes, but you should install VNC Server at Linux, e.g TigerVNC

My desktop unlocked?​

The login password cannot be unlocked, you can only log in again after restarting the server.

It is recommended to turn off the screen lock function after logging into the desktop.

Take Gnome as an example, turn it off by Privacy > Screen Lock and set Automatic Screen Lock to off.