Graphical User Interface (GUI) on AWS EC2 Linux-2

Graphical_User_Interface_On_EC2

Installing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on AWS EC2 Linux-2 

sudo amazon-linux-extras install mate-desktop1.x
sudo amazon-linux-extras install epel
sudo amazon-linux-extras install chromium filezilla
sudo yum -y install xrdp chromium filezilla
sudo systemctl enable --now xrdp

# This will make the graphic interface available to all users
sudo bash -c 'echo PREFERRED=/usr/bin/mate-session > /etc/sysconfig/desktop'

# If the user already exists, login as that user and run:
echo "/usr/bin/mate-session" > ~/.Xclients && chmod +x ~/.Xclients
# Assign a password to the user in case he does not have a password
sudo passwd ec2-user

# Make sure you you access it over an SSH tunnel