--- title: rdesktop --- # [linuxserver/rdesktop](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-rdesktop) [![Scarf.io pulls](https://scarf.sh/installs-badge/linuxserver-ci/linuxserver%2Frdesktop?color=94398d&label-color=555555&logo-color=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&package-type=docker)](https://scarf.sh/gateway/linuxserver-ci/docker/linuxserver%2Frdesktop) [![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/linuxserver/docker-rdesktop.svg?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&logo=github)](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-rdesktop) [![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/linuxserver/docker-rdesktop.svg?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&logo=github)](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-rdesktop/releases) [![GitHub Package Repository](https://img.shields.io/static/v1.svg?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=linuxserver.io&message=GitHub%20Package&logo=github)](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-rdesktop/packages) [![GitLab Container Registry](https://img.shields.io/static/v1.svg?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=linuxserver.io&message=GitLab%20Registry&logo=gitlab)](https://gitlab.com/linuxserver.io/docker-rdesktop/container_registry) [![Quay.io](https://img.shields.io/static/v1.svg?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=linuxserver.io&message=Quay.io)](https://quay.io/repository/linuxserver.io/rdesktop) [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/linuxserver/rdesktop.svg?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=pulls&logo=docker)](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/rdesktop) [![Docker Stars](https://img.shields.io/docker/stars/linuxserver/rdesktop.svg?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=stars&logo=docker)](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/rdesktop) [![Jenkins Build](https://img.shields.io/jenkins/build?labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&jobUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fci.linuxserver.io%2Fjob%2FDocker-Pipeline-Builders%2Fjob%2Fdocker-rdesktop%2Fjob%2Fmaster%2F&logo=jenkins)](https://ci.linuxserver.io/job/Docker-Pipeline-Builders/job/docker-rdesktop/job/master/) [![LSIO CI](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=CI&query=CI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fci-tests.linuxserver.io%2Flinuxserver%2Frdesktop%2Flatest%2Fci-status.yml)](https://ci-tests.linuxserver.io/linuxserver/rdesktop/latest/index.html) [Rdesktop](http://xrdp.org/) - Containers containing full desktop environments in many popular flavors for Alpine, Ubuntu, Arch, and Fedora accessible via RDP. ## Supported Architectures We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker [here](https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md#manifest-list) and our announcement [here](https://blog.linuxserver.io/2019/02/21/the-lsio-pipeline-project/). Simply pulling `lscr.io/linuxserver/rdesktop:latest` should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags. The architectures supported by this image are: | Architecture | Available | Tag | | :----: | :----: | ---- | | x86-64 | ✅ | amd64-\ | | arm64 | ✅ | arm64v8-\ | | armhf| ✅ | arm32v7-\ | ## Version Tags This image provides various versions that are available via tags. Please read the descriptions carefully and exercise caution when using unstable or development tags. | Tag | Available | Description | | :----: | :----: |--- | | latest | ✅ | XFCE Alpine | | ubuntu-xfce | ✅ | XFCE Ubuntu | | fedora-xfce | ✅ | XFCE Fedora | | arch-xfce | ✅ | XFCE Arch | | alpine-kde | ✅ | KDE Alpine | | ubuntu-kde | ✅ | KDE Ubuntu | | fedora-kde | ✅ | KDE Fedora | | arch-kde | ✅ | KDE Arch | | alpine-mate | ✅ | MATE Alpine | | ubuntu-mate | ✅ | MATE Ubuntu | | fedora-mate | ✅ | MATE Fedora | | arch-mate | ✅ | MATE Arch | | alpine-i3 | ✅ | i3 Alpine | | ubuntu-i3 | ✅ | i3 Ubuntu | | fedora-i3 | ✅ | i3 Fedora | | arch-i3 | ✅ | i3 Arch | | alpine-openbox | ✅ | Openbox Alpine | | ubuntu-openbox | ✅ | Openbox Ubuntu | | fedora-openbox | ✅ | Openbox Fedora | | arch-openbox | ✅ | Openbox Arch | | alpine-icewm | ✅ | IceWM Alpine | | ubuntu-icewm | ✅ | IceWM Ubuntu | | fedora-icewm | ✅ | IceWM Fedora | | arch-icewm | ✅ | IceWM Arch | ## Application Setup **The Default USERNAME and PASSWORD is: abc/abc** **Unlike our other containers these Desktops are not designed to be upgraded by Docker, you will keep your home directoy but anything you installed system level will be lost if you upgrade an existing container. To keep packages up to date instead use Ubuntu's own apt, Alpine's apk, Fedora's dnf, or Arch's pacman program** You will need a Remote Desktop client to access this container [Wikipedia List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software), by default it listens on 3389, but you can change that port to whatever you wish on the host side IE `3390:3389`. The first thing you should do when you login to the container is to change the abc users password by issuing the `passwd` command. **Modern GUI desktop apps (including some flavors terminals) have issues with the latest Docker and syscall compatibility, you can use Docker with the `--security-opt seccomp=unconfined` setting to allow these syscalls or try [podman](https://podman.io/) as they have updated their codebase to support them** If you ever lose your password you can always reset it by execing into the container as root: ``` docker exec -it rdesktop passwd abc ``` By default we perform all logic for the abc user and we reccomend using that user only in the container, but new users can be added as long as there is a `startwm.sh` executable script in their home directory. All of these containers are configured with passwordless sudo, we make no efforts to secure or harden these containers and we do not reccomend ever publishing their ports to the public Internet. ## Hardware Acceleration (Ubuntu Container Only) Many desktop application will need access to a GPU to function properly and even some Desktop Environments have compisitor effects that will not function without a GPU. This is not a hard requirement and all base images will function without a video device mounted into the container. ### Intel/ATI/AMD To leverage hardware acceleration you will need to mount /dev/dri video device inside of the conainer. ``` --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri ``` We will automatically ensure the abc user inside of the container has the proper permissions to access this device. ### Nvidia Hardware acceleration users for Nvidia will need to install the container runtime provided by Nvidia on their host, instructions can be found here: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker We automatically add the necessary environment variable that will utilise all the features available on a GPU on the host. Once nvidia-docker is installed on your host you will need to re/create the docker container with the nvidia container runtime `--runtime=nvidia` and add an environment variable `-e NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all` (can also be set to a specific gpu's UUID, this can be discovered by running `nvidia-smi --query-gpu=gpu_name,gpu_uuid --format=csv` ). NVIDIA automatically mounts the GPU and drivers from your host into the container. ### Arm Devices Best effort is made to install tools to allow mounting in /dev/dri on Arm devices. In most cases if /dev/dri exists on the host it should just work. If running a Raspberry Pi 4 be sure to enable `dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d` in your usercfg.txt. ## Usage To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli. ### docker-compose (recommended, [click here for more info](https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/docker-compose)) ```yaml --- version: "2.1" services: rdesktop: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/rdesktop:latest container_name: rdesktop security_opt: - seccomp:unconfined #optional environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Europe/London volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock #optional - /path/to/data:/config #optional ports: - 3389:3389 devices: - /dev/dri:/dev/dri #optional shm_size: "1gb" #optional restart: unless-stopped ``` ### docker cli ([click here for more info](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/)) ```bash docker run -d \ --name=rdesktop \ --security-opt seccomp=unconfined `#optional` \ -e PUID=1000 \ -e PGID=1000 \ -e TZ=Europe/London \ -p 3389:3389 \ -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock `#optional` \ -v /path/to/data:/config `#optional` \ --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri `#optional` \ --shm-size="1gb" `#optional` \ --restart unless-stopped \ lscr.io/linuxserver/rdesktop:latest ``` ## Parameters Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate `:` respectively. For example, `-p 8080:80` would expose port `80` from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port `8080` outside the container. ### Ports (`-p`) | Parameter | Function | | :----: | --- | | `3389` | RDP access port | ### Environment Variables (`-e`) | Env | Function | | :----: | --- | | `PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation | | `PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation | | `TZ=Europe/London` | Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London | ### Volume Mappings (`-v`) | Volume | Function | | :----: | --- | | `/var/run/docker.sock` | Docker Socket on the system, if you want to use Docker in the container | | `/config` | abc users home directory | ### Device Mappings (`--device`) | Parameter | Function | | :-----: | --- | | `/dev/dri` | Add this for GL support (Linux hosts only) | #### Miscellaneous Options | Parameter | Function | | :-----: | --- | | `--shm-size=` | We set this to 1 gig to prevent modern web browsers from crashing | | `--security-opt seccomp=unconfined` | For Docker Engine only, many modern gui apps need this to function as syscalls are unkown to Docker | ## Environment variables from files (Docker secrets) You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend `FILE__`. As an example: ```bash -e FILE__PASSWORD=/run/secrets/mysecretpassword ``` Will set the environment variable `PASSWORD` based on the contents of the `/run/secrets/mysecretpassword` file. ## Umask for running applications For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional `-e UMASK=022` setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask) before asking for support. ## User / Group Identifiers When using volumes (`-v` flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user `PUID` and group `PGID`. Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic. In this instance `PUID=1000` and `PGID=1000`, to find yours use `id user` as below: ```bash $ id username uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup) ``` ## Docker Mods [![Docker Mods](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=rdesktop&query=%24.mods%5B%27rdesktop%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml)](https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=rdesktop "view available mods for this container.") [![Docker Universal Mods](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=universal&query=%24.mods%5B%27universal%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml)](https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=universal "view available universal mods.") We publish various [Docker Mods](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods) to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above. ## Support Info * Shell access whilst the container is running: * `docker exec -it rdesktop /bin/bash` * To monitor the logs of the container in realtime: * `docker logs -f rdesktop` * Container version number * `docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' rdesktop` * Image version number * `docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/rdesktop:latest` ## Versions * **27.10.22:** - Rebase all Ubuntu images to Jammy 22.04. * **26.10.22:** - Rebase Alpine xfce to 3.16, migrate to s6v3. * **05.03.22:** - Organize tags differently to run Ubuntu at latest LTS, make Alpine latest, add docs about GPU accel. * **05.05.21:** - Reduce default packages to their flavor specific basics. * **05.04.21:** - Add Alpine flavor. * **06.04.20:** - Start PulseAudio in images to support audio * **28.02.20:** - Initial Releases