Set up VPS on Oracle with VNC access

Install lubuntu

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends lubuntu-desktop

Install Tigervnc

sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server tigervnc-xorg-extension

vncpasswd to choose a password

sudo nano ~/.vnc/xstartup to start lxqt once vncserver is started

#!/bin/bash
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
exec startlxqt

sudo nano /lib/system/system/tigervncserver@.service and replace what’s in there with

[Unit]
Description=Start TightVNC server at startup
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu

PIDFile=/home/ubuntu/.vnc/%H:%i.pid
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i > /dev/null 2>&1
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 16 -geometry 1680x1050 -localhost :%i
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :%i

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable tigervncserver@1.service

On host machine, establish ssh tunnel to forward traffic to 5901

ssh -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 -N -f -l ubuntu <ipaddress>