Patrick Domingues

In this tutorial I will be showing you how use Windows Remote Desktop Connection to Remote Access Ubuntu 20.04. We will Install remote tools with a simple script.

1. This is the first step in the process to enable remote access. Run the following command to install XRDP.

sudo apt install xrdp

2. In this step we are going to enable the XRDP service.

sudo systemctl enable --now xrdp

3. In this last step we are creating a rule to allow incoming traffic on port 3389.

sudo ufw allow from any to any port 3389 proto tcp

4. Now you need to find the IP address of the Ubuntu 20.04 computer. You will use this address to use the Windows Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) to connect into Ubuntu 20.04.

ifconfig

5. On your Windows computer open up Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) also previously known as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). We will … Read the rest

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to install Duplicati Backup Software on Ubuntu 18 and then how to configure backups to store data into Backblaze B2 Storage. It is important to have backups of your Ubuntu 18 server because If your server gets hacked or corrupted you will lose everything. So it is best to install a 3rd party backup solution that transfers data to cloud storage.

In this tutorial we will be using the OS Ubuntu 18, Duplicati Backup Software and BackBlaze B2 Cloud Storage.

1.  Lets get started  with installing Duplicati Backup Software onto Ubuntu 18 by using the following commands one at a time.

wget https://updates.duplicati.com/beta/duplicati_2.0.5.1-1_all.deb
sudo apt-get -f install -y
sudo dpkg -i duplicati_2.0.5.1-1_all.deb

2. Alright so Duplicati is now installed but there are a few more things we need to do to get it working properly. Lets configure webservice … Read the rest