A Webside Remote Desktop of Linux.

• Linux.
• Node.js 8+. and ensure all users are available.

Latest Chrome And Latest Firefox work fine.

Not IE.

Edge and Safari unknown(it should be OK).

First register a new user: https://register.linux-remote.org

Then visit demo: https://demo.linux-remote.org

Step 1:

cd /opt/ && sudo git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/linux-remote/linux-remote.git && cd linux-remote

or:
cd /opt/ && sudo wget https://github.com/linux-remote/linux-remote/archive/master.zip -O "linux-remote.zip" && sudo unzip -q linux-remote.zip && sudo mv linux-remote-master linux-remote && sudo rm linux-remote.zip && cd linux-remote

/opt dir only writable for root. so you should use: sudo

Step 2: npm install

Step 3: sudo node init

It will generate config.js, and set permission: Only root users can read it.

modify ./config.js:

module.exports = {
  port: 3001, // Website listen port. default: 3001

  sshPort: 22, // SSH server listen port, default: 22

  ssl : null, // http model, Unsafe,  default: null.
  /*
  ssl: {  // Or provide an Object {cert, key} to enter https model: 
    cert: '/somedir/cert.pem',
    key: '/somedir/privkey.pem'
  },
  */
  
  sessionSecret: 'some 32 bytes string' // Use for express-session. generated by init.
};

For more please visit: Advanced setting

sudo node index.js

Because server use login shell, and the login shell cannot possibly work without effective root. So linux-remote Can't cannot possibly work without effective root too.

cd /opt/linux-remote && npm update

• linux-remote-client Updated, you don't need restart server. Just need refresh browser.
• @linux-remote/user-server Updated, you don't need restart server. Logined user need relogin.
• linux-remote-server Updated, you need restart server. All logined user force logout when you restart server.

Configured with SSL certificate, your connection ( https and wss ) is secure. And you don't need verifying the Host Key first time like SSH.

If you don't have an SSL certificate, You can use ssl-self-signed to generate a new one ( supports IP ).

patreon: Du Wei is creating linux-remote

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