Set up VNC on Linux to automatically start on system boot

What:

VNC on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux

Problem:

I want to be able to connect to "display :0", access Linux console display.

Solution:

1. Change to root

sudo su -

2. Install x11vnc

apt-get install x11vnc

3. Set your vnc password

x11vnc -storepasswd

password will be stored in ~/.vnc/passwd file

4. Move password file to /etc directory

mv ~/.vnc/passwd /etc/x11vnc.pass

5. Create upstart job

vi /etc/init/x11vnc.conf

Paste below code and save x11vnc.conf file

start on login-session-start
script
x11vnc -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -display :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -forever -bg -o /var/log/x11vnc.log -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.pass -rfbport 5900 -localhost
end script

if you want to allow more than one client connection add -shared switch