Installation and configuration of NX server on remote host

Set password

1sudo passwd ubuntu

Create dummy virtual display

1sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-dummy

Put the following contents under sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

1Section "Device"
2    Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
3    Driver      "dummy"
4    VideoRam    256000
5EndSection
6Section "Monitor"
7    Identifier  "Configured Monitor"
8    HorizSync 28.0-80.0
9    VertRefresh 48.0-75.0
10    #Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1200 1081 1084 1118 -HSync +Vsync
11    Modeline "1920x1200_60.00" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242 -HSync +Vsync
12    Virtual 2880 1800
13EndSection
14Section "Screen"
15    Identifier  "Default Screen"
16    Monitor     "Configured Monitor"
17    Device      "Configured Video Device"
18    DefaultDepth 24
19    SubSection "Display"
20    Depth 24
21    Modes "1920x1200_60.00"
22    Virtual 2880 1800
23    EndSubSection
24EndSection

Install Desktop Environment

1sudo apt-get update
2sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
3sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Reboot sudo reboot -i

Install NX server

1wget https://download.nomachine.com/download/6.9/Linux/nomachine_6.9.2_1_amd64.deb
2sudo dpkg -i nomachine_6.9.2_1_amd64.deb
3mkdir -p ~/.nx/config

Add your host to authorized clients for NX

Copy .pub key from your machine under ~/.nx/config (you can use scp)
Rename your key under ~/.nx/config to authorized.crt
chmod 600 ~/.nx/config/authorized.crt
Reboot sudo reboot -i

Now you can connect via NX from your host machine

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Installation and configuration of NX server on remote host

Set password

Create dummy virtual display

Install Desktop Environment

Install NX server

Add your host to authorized clients for NX

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