This section describes how to launch and connect to Debian GUI Linux on Alibaba Cloud environment.
- Go to Alibaba Marketplace and search for Debian GUI Linux.
- Click on Choose Your Plan button
- To SSH the VM, first note the public IP address of the instance as highlighted below.
- Open putty, enter the public IP here and hit Open.
- This will open SSH window. Login as root and enter the password set during VM creation
- Now add new user by following below command
adduser username
replace username with name of the user. Follow the instructions on the terminal.
- Once new user is added , add that user to sudo group by running-
adduser username sudo
Now the new user is added, you can connect to the VM's desktop environment from any local windows machine using RDP or linux machine using Remmina.
- To connect using RDP via Windows machine, first note the Public IP of the VM
- Then From your local windows machine, goto "start" menu , in the search box type and select "Remote desktop connection"
- In the "Remote Desktop connection" wizard, paste the Public IP and click connect
- This will connect you to the VM's desktop environment. Provide username and password set in above step 5 to authenticate. Click OK
- Now you are connected to out of box Debian GUI Linux environment via Windows machines.
- To connect using RDP via Linux machine, first note the external IP of the VM from VM details page,then from your local Linux machine, goto menu , in the search box type and select "Remmina".
Note:: If you don't have Remmina installed on your Linux machine, first Install Remmina as per your linux distribution.
- In the "Remmina Remote Desktop Client" wizard, select the RDP option from dropdown and paste the external ip and click enter
- This will connect you to the VM's desktop environment. Provide username and password set in step 5 to authenticate. Click OK
- Now you are connected to out of box Debian GUI Linux environment via Linux machine.