doctorkirk/ubuntu-xrdp repository overview

⁠ Disclaimer

This is a conteinerized version of Ubuntu 20.04, with the XFCE Desktop Environment installed, all configured to be accessible via RDP.

The image is slightly big 1.67GB , I tried to keep it as little as possible by installing only the required packages to make it work as intended

⁠ Quick Start

Pull the image

docker pull doctorkirk/ubuntu-xrdp

Run the Container

Note: Don't get below the 1GB of shm_size otherwhise some apps might crash

⁠ Adding a User

There are no default users defined beside root, in order to create your own you only need to get inside the container

docker exec -it ubuntu-xrdp bash

and add a user, by issuing the command

adduser username

You'll need to fill in your password twice, and then you can leave blank all the others fields (just hit ENTER a few time)

Here's an example

root@8bf95a4044af:/# adduser ale
Adding user `ale' ...
Adding new group `ale' (1000) ...
Adding new user `ale' (1000) with group `ale' ...
Creating home directory `/home/ale' ...
Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
New password: 
Retype new password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for ale
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
	Full Name []: 
	Room Number []: 
	Work Phone []: 
	Home Phone []: 
	Other []: 
Is the information correct? [Y/n] Y
root@8bf95a4044af:/# 

⁠ Connection

After adding your user, open your preferred RDP client and connect to the container.

Please note that you have to use the host IP, not the container one