Setting up the host (Ubuntu only)#

I am using Dell Precision Tower 7910 with Ubuntu LTS 20.04.

Setting up for SSH#

By default, Ubuntu does not allow SSH. We need to isntall openssh to accept SSH request.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install openssh-server

Check the status of the ssh daemon.

sudo systemctl status ssh

We need to install a RDP server. We will install xrdp.

sudo apt install xrdp

Check the status of xrdp daemon.

sudo systemctl enable --now xrdp

If you are using a Firewall such as ufw then you need to open a port for the server.

A significant challenge is to use SSH and RDP after we logout from the host system. It turns out that the solution is very straightforward.

We just need to allow the Ethernet connection to make available to other computers.

Reboot the system.

We need the local IP to connect to the host system. The local IP is written in the Ethernet settings above figure). Its 137.44.3.13.

We can also check the IP address usign ip addr

(base) hell@Dell-Precision-T7910:~$ ip addr

The entry with inet 137.44.3.13/24 shows the IPv4 Address.