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Ansible role for setting XFCE GUI For Ubuntu 20.04
Based on the tutorial How to Use a GUI with Ubuntu Linux on AWS EC2 which is based on an Amazon tutorial that by now is already deleted but the bash script exists in the video description

Original Bash Script

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update -y &&  sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo sed -i 's/^PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

# This section was slightly modified to allow for non-interactive installation
sudo apt-get  install xfce4 --no-install-recommends -y

sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y lightdm

sudo apt-get install -y xrdp xfce4-goodies tightvncserver

echo xfce4-session > /home/ubuntu/.xsession  

sudo cp /home/ubuntu/.xsession /etc/skel

sudo service xrdp restart

sudo passwd ubuntu

How to use

It's expected to pass the packer user password via the variable packer_password so the full command to execute the role can be

ansible-playbook xfce-ubuntu.yaml --extra-vars packer_password=<password>

The role was made for AWS Ubuntu Instance, the security Group should enable RDP Port number 3389
After the role is executed, you should be able to reach the instance using a remote desktop client tool like Remmina

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