This is a Debian slim image running an X server with xfce4 and sharing the desktop through Google Chrome Remote Desktop.
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Provide system application accessible over the web easily.
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Create a use & throw linux envinronment with GUI over cloud or any VPS /Server or at your laptop.
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Multi-user environments that need isolation and privacy.
Permit:
- outbound UDP traffic
- inbound UDP responses
- traffic on TCP ports 443 (HTTPS) and 5222 (XMPP)
- Go to https://remotedesktop.google.com/headless
- Select "Set up computer through Command Line"
- Authenticate with a Google account (Gmail or your corporate account if you use Google for email)
- Authorize Google Remote Access
- You should get a message that looks like
/opt/google/chrome-remote-desktop/start-host --code="4/XXXXX_BIG_CODE_HERE_XXXXX" --redirect-url="https://remotedesktop.google.com/_/oauthredirect" --name=
- Copy the entire "Big Code" including the "4/CODE_HERE"
- Run from Command Line:
export CODE=[PASTE_YOUR_CODE_HERE]
export USER=[USERNAME_TO_BE_CREATED]
export PASSWD=[PASSWORD_FOR_THE_USERNAME_ABOVE]
docker run -ti -p 443:443 -p 5222:5222 -e CODE=$CODE -e USER=$USER -e PASSWD=$PASSWD fernandosanchez/chromoter
- Wait until the instance boots, and follow the prompts in the instance logs to authorize it as in:
Enter a name for this computer:
Enter a PIN of at least six digits:
Enter the same PIN again:
- An authorization URL will be provided as in:
Authorization URL for Production services:
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?scope=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chromoting+https://www.googleapis.com/auth/googletalk+https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email+&redirect_uri=https://chromoting-oauth.talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/oauth/chrome-remote-desktop/[CROPPED]
- Follow the link provided to authorize through Google, then visit: https://YOUR_HOSTS_PUBLIC_IP