kalliste / Ubuntu-Kiosk

A BASH script to configure an Ubuntu system as an interactive kiosk.

Ubuntu-Kiosk

Configures a fresh installation of Xubuntu to convert it into a kiosk which only runs a web application within Google Chrome. A user is created, named kiosk, whose account can only be accessed by automatically launching an X session (password is disabled). That X session doesn't include any desktop environment but instead runs Google Chrome in fullscreen kiosk mode.

Note: by default Chrome will be directed to http://localhost. Change the variable WEB_APP_URL to redirect somewhere else.

Usage

Launch as root (or with root permissions):

$ sudo ./configure-kiosk.sh

Tested on

• Xubuntu 17.04

Other Ubuntu relatives will probably work fine, but I've only tested it on the above list.