Want to get Desktop Environment on VPS when accessed by web browser, how do I do it?
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP up vote
0
down vote
favorite
When I access to my distant server VPS by IP address in a web browser, there is Apache defaukt page but I would like to set a Desktop Environment (KDE or Gnome) as the main page. Is it possible ? How to do it ?
gnome apache2 kde
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
When I access to my distant server VPS by IP address in a web browser, there is Apache defaukt page but I would like to set a Desktop Environment (KDE or Gnome) as the main page. Is it possible ? How to do it ?
gnome apache2 kde
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
2
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 24 at 23:17
ok Thanks, I see. How to set the starting process for the system on remote server load by default ? I have access only to command line on my VPS. Thanks in advance
– Superyoux
Feb 25 at 12:05
VPSes don't have the desktop environment installed by default, so you may want to check with your VPS provider to determine if they used an Ubuntu Server or an Ubuntu Desktop image on the VPS. If the VPS has less than a gigabyte of memory, you should avoid running the GUI at all. (Servers and VPSes usually don't use the desktop environment). (However, that's a different question than you are asking here.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 26 at 15:22
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
When I access to my distant server VPS by IP address in a web browser, there is Apache defaukt page but I would like to set a Desktop Environment (KDE or Gnome) as the main page. Is it possible ? How to do it ?
gnome apache2 kde
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
When I access to my distant server VPS by IP address in a web browser, there is Apache defaukt page but I would like to set a Desktop Environment (KDE or Gnome) as the main page. Is it possible ? How to do it ?
gnome apache2 kde
gnome apache2 kde
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
edited Feb 26 at 15:23
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
41.6k23113166
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
asked Feb 24 at 23:13
Superyoux
1
1
2
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 24 at 23:17
ok Thanks, I see. How to set the starting process for the system on remote server load by default ? I have access only to command line on my VPS. Thanks in advance
– Superyoux
Feb 25 at 12:05
VPSes don't have the desktop environment installed by default, so you may want to check with your VPS provider to determine if they used an Ubuntu Server or an Ubuntu Desktop image on the VPS. If the VPS has less than a gigabyte of memory, you should avoid running the GUI at all. (Servers and VPSes usually don't use the desktop environment). (However, that's a different question than you are asking here.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 26 at 15:22
add a comment |Â
2
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 24 at 23:17
ok Thanks, I see. How to set the starting process for the system on remote server load by default ? I have access only to command line on my VPS. Thanks in advance
– Superyoux
Feb 25 at 12:05
VPSes don't have the desktop environment installed by default, so you may want to check with your VPS provider to determine if they used an Ubuntu Server or an Ubuntu Desktop image on the VPS. If the VPS has less than a gigabyte of memory, you should avoid running the GUI at all. (Servers and VPSes usually don't use the desktop environment). (However, that's a different question than you are asking here.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 26 at 15:22
2
2
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 24 at 23:17
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 24 at 23:17
ok Thanks, I see. How to set the starting process for the system on remote server load by default ? I have access only to command line on my VPS. Thanks in advance
– Superyoux
Feb 25 at 12:05
ok Thanks, I see. How to set the starting process for the system on remote server load by default ? I have access only to command line on my VPS. Thanks in advance
– Superyoux
Feb 25 at 12:05
VPSes don't have the desktop environment installed by default, so you may want to check with your VPS provider to determine if they used an Ubuntu Server or an Ubuntu Desktop image on the VPS. If the VPS has less than a gigabyte of memory, you should avoid running the GUI at all. (Servers and VPSes usually don't use the desktop environment). (However, that's a different question than you are asking here.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 26 at 15:22
VPSes don't have the desktop environment installed by default, so you may want to check with your VPS provider to determine if they used an Ubuntu Server or an Ubuntu Desktop image on the VPS. If the VPS has less than a gigabyte of memory, you should avoid running the GUI at all. (Servers and VPSes usually don't use the desktop environment). (However, that's a different question than you are asking here.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 26 at 15:22
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
up vote
0
down vote
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
The Desktop Environment is designed to operate self-contained from web browsers' abilities to access it. Therefore, it doesn't have any 'web' interface you can use. Attempting to use a web browser to get a VNC connection to your server is dangerous as well, because even if you set up VNC through HTTPS, on its own it is horribly insecure.
What you're looking for is, essentially, installing a VNC Server or setting up VNC on the Desktop GUI within the Server. However, most VPSes do not come with the Desktop environment available, and unless you're paying for more than 1GB of RAM on the VPS, you will not be able to properly install or run the GUI either.
(In both cases, there's other questions on Ask Ubuntu which touch about how to do VNC, or install the GUI; however for your core question of "How do I get to the Desktop Environment when accessing the VPS via a web browser", the answer is in a nutshell "You can't in any reliable or secure way".)
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
add a comment |Â
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
0
down vote
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
The Desktop Environment is designed to operate self-contained from web browsers' abilities to access it. Therefore, it doesn't have any 'web' interface you can use. Attempting to use a web browser to get a VNC connection to your server is dangerous as well, because even if you set up VNC through HTTPS, on its own it is horribly insecure.
What you're looking for is, essentially, installing a VNC Server or setting up VNC on the Desktop GUI within the Server. However, most VPSes do not come with the Desktop environment available, and unless you're paying for more than 1GB of RAM on the VPS, you will not be able to properly install or run the GUI either.
(In both cases, there's other questions on Ask Ubuntu which touch about how to do VNC, or install the GUI; however for your core question of "How do I get to the Desktop Environment when accessing the VPS via a web browser", the answer is in a nutshell "You can't in any reliable or secure way".)
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
The Desktop Environment is designed to operate self-contained from web browsers' abilities to access it. Therefore, it doesn't have any 'web' interface you can use. Attempting to use a web browser to get a VNC connection to your server is dangerous as well, because even if you set up VNC through HTTPS, on its own it is horribly insecure.
What you're looking for is, essentially, installing a VNC Server or setting up VNC on the Desktop GUI within the Server. However, most VPSes do not come with the Desktop environment available, and unless you're paying for more than 1GB of RAM on the VPS, you will not be able to properly install or run the GUI either.
(In both cases, there's other questions on Ask Ubuntu which touch about how to do VNC, or install the GUI; however for your core question of "How do I get to the Desktop Environment when accessing the VPS via a web browser", the answer is in a nutshell "You can't in any reliable or secure way".)
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
The Desktop Environment is designed to operate self-contained from web browsers' abilities to access it. Therefore, it doesn't have any 'web' interface you can use. Attempting to use a web browser to get a VNC connection to your server is dangerous as well, because even if you set up VNC through HTTPS, on its own it is horribly insecure.
What you're looking for is, essentially, installing a VNC Server or setting up VNC on the Desktop GUI within the Server. However, most VPSes do not come with the Desktop environment available, and unless you're paying for more than 1GB of RAM on the VPS, you will not be able to properly install or run the GUI either.
(In both cases, there's other questions on Ask Ubuntu which touch about how to do VNC, or install the GUI; however for your core question of "How do I get to the Desktop Environment when accessing the VPS via a web browser", the answer is in a nutshell "You can't in any reliable or secure way".)
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
The Desktop Environment is designed to operate self-contained from web browsers' abilities to access it. Therefore, it doesn't have any 'web' interface you can use. Attempting to use a web browser to get a VNC connection to your server is dangerous as well, because even if you set up VNC through HTTPS, on its own it is horribly insecure.
What you're looking for is, essentially, installing a VNC Server or setting up VNC on the Desktop GUI within the Server. However, most VPSes do not come with the Desktop environment available, and unless you're paying for more than 1GB of RAM on the VPS, you will not be able to properly install or run the GUI either.
(In both cases, there's other questions on Ask Ubuntu which touch about how to do VNC, or install the GUI; however for your core question of "How do I get to the Desktop Environment when accessing the VPS via a web browser", the answer is in a nutshell "You can't in any reliable or secure way".)
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
answered Feb 26 at 15:26
Thomas Ward♦
41.6k23113166
41.6k23113166
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
var $window = $(window),
onScroll = function(e)
var $elem = $('.new-login-left'),
docViewTop = $window.scrollTop(),
docViewBottom = docViewTop + $window.height(),
elemTop = $elem.offset().top,
elemBottom = elemTop + $elem.height();
if ((docViewTop elemBottom))
StackExchange.using('gps', function() StackExchange.gps.track('embedded_signup_form.view', location: 'question_page' ); );
$window.unbind('scroll', onScroll);
;
$window.on('scroll', onScroll);
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1009463%2fwant-to-get-desktop-environment-on-vps-when-accessed-by-web-browser-how-do-i-do%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
var $window = $(window),
onScroll = function(e)
var $elem = $('.new-login-left'),
docViewTop = $window.scrollTop(),
docViewBottom = docViewTop + $window.height(),
elemTop = $elem.offset().top,
elemBottom = elemTop + $elem.height();
if ((docViewTop elemBottom))
StackExchange.using('gps', function() StackExchange.gps.track('embedded_signup_form.view', location: 'question_page' ); );
$window.unbind('scroll', onScroll);
;
$window.on('scroll', onScroll);
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
var $window = $(window),
onScroll = function(e)
var $elem = $('.new-login-left'),
docViewTop = $window.scrollTop(),
docViewBottom = docViewTop + $window.height(),
elemTop = $elem.offset().top,
elemBottom = elemTop + $elem.height();
if ((docViewTop elemBottom))
StackExchange.using('gps', function() StackExchange.gps.track('embedded_signup_form.view', location: 'question_page' ); );
$window.unbind('scroll', onScroll);
;
$window.on('scroll', onScroll);
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
var $window = $(window),
onScroll = function(e)
var $elem = $('.new-login-left'),
docViewTop = $window.scrollTop(),
docViewBottom = docViewTop + $window.height(),
elemTop = $elem.offset().top,
elemBottom = elemTop + $elem.height();
if ((docViewTop elemBottom))
StackExchange.using('gps', function() StackExchange.gps.track('embedded_signup_form.view', location: 'question_page' ); );
$window.unbind('scroll', onScroll);
;
$window.on('scroll', onScroll);
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
2
You can't get the desktop environment when accessing the remote server via HTTP/HTTPS. You're looking for something called 'VNC' which doesn't run by default and doesn't operate over a webpage.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 24 at 23:17
ok Thanks, I see. How to set the starting process for the system on remote server load by default ? I have access only to command line on my VPS. Thanks in advance
– Superyoux
Feb 25 at 12:05
VPSes don't have the desktop environment installed by default, so you may want to check with your VPS provider to determine if they used an Ubuntu Server or an Ubuntu Desktop image on the VPS. If the VPS has less than a gigabyte of memory, you should avoid running the GUI at all. (Servers and VPSes usually don't use the desktop environment). (However, that's a different question than you are asking here.
– Thomas Ward♦
Feb 26 at 15:22