9.4 KiB
linuxserver/rdesktop
Rdesktop - Ubuntu based containers containing full desktop environments in officially supported flavors accessible via RDP.
Supported Architectures
Our images support multiple architectures such as x86-64
, arm64
and armhf
. We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.
Simply pulling linuxserver/rdesktop
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 | Tag |
---|---|
x86-64 | amd64-latest |
arm64 | arm64v8-latest |
armhf | arm32v7-latest |
Version Tags
This image provides various versions that are available via tags. latest
tag usually provides the latest stable version. Others are considered under development and caution must be exercised when using them.
Tag | Description |
---|---|
latest | XFCE Focal |
xfce-bionic | XFCE Bionic |
kde-focal | KDE Focal |
kde-bionic | KDE Bionic |
mate-focal | MATE Focal |
mate-bionic | MATE Bionic |
i3-focal | i3 Focal |
i3-bionic | i3 Bionic |
openbox-focal | Openbox Focal |
openbox-bionic | Openbox Bionic |
icewm-focal | IceWM Focal |
icewm-bionic | IceWM Bionic |
Usage
Here are some example snippets to help you get started creating a container from this image.
docker
docker create \
--name=rdesktop \
--privileged `#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` \
--shm-size="1gb" `#optional` \
--restart unless-stopped \
linuxserver/rdesktop
docker-compose
Compatible with docker-compose v2 schemas.
---
version: "2.1"
services:
rdesktop:
image: linuxserver/rdesktop
container_name: rdesktop
privileged: true #optional
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/London
volumes:
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock #optional
- /path/to/data:/config #optional
ports:
- 3389:3389
shm_size: "1gb" #optional
restart: unless-stopped
Parameters
Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal>
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 |
Miscellaneous Options
Parameter | Function |
---|---|
--shm-size= |
We set this to 1 gig to prevent modern web browsers from crashing |
Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)
You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__
.
As an example:
-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 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:
$ id username
uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)
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 program
The KDE and i3 flavors need to be run in privileged mode to function properly
You will need a Remote Desktop client to access this container Wikipedia List, 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.
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.
Docker Mods
We publish various Docker Mods to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) can be accessed via the dynamic badge 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" }}' linuxserver/rdesktop
Versions
- 06.04.20: - Start PulseAudio in images to support audio
- 28.02.20: - Initial Releases