This document will give you an instruction on how to setup a chrome kiosk ubuntu

Make sure you have installed the following prerequisites

Note: Installing Ubuntu Server 18.04 required an internet connection for you to able to install a required package, create a "kiosk" user, this user will be use in the setup later

• Ubuntu Server 18.04 - Download
• Setup for Ubuntu Server - Video

• After you successfully installed the Ubuntu Server 18.04 need to install the following package, the 4th line is a wifi setup wherein the SSID is the name of your WIFI and password is the password of your wifi, you can skip the command below if you are using LAN.

  sudo apt install network-manager
  sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager
  sudo service NetworkManager start
  sudo nmcli dev wifi con <SSID> password <password>
  

• Install required packages

  sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main'
  wget -qO- https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
  
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install --no-install-recommends xorg openbox google-chrome-stable pulseaudio xserver-xorg-legacy
  
  sudo usermod -a -G audio $USER
  

• Installing kiosk script, this script will open a chrome browser

  • Run the command below, it will clear a chrome session and configuration and load the chrome browser

  sudo cp kiosk.sh /opt/
  sudo chmod  x /opt/kiosk.sh
  

  • Modify the /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

  sudo sed -i 's/allowed_users=console/allowed_users=anybody/' /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
  echo "needs_root_rights=yes" | sudo tee -a /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
  
  
  

• Update Grub

  • Modify the /etc/default/grub

  sudo cp grub /etc/default/grub
  sudo update-grub
  

  • Enable tty2 and tty3

  sudo systemctl enable getty@tty2 getty@tty3
  

• Start kiosk service, run the command below

  sudo cp kiosk.service /etc/systemd/system/
  sudo systemctl enable kiosk.service
  sudo systemctl start kiosk.service
  

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