Ubuntu 21.04 Multi User Remote Desktop Server

⚠️ This repository is related to something that I use on a private stuff, it is not aimed for a public usage. Use it at your risk!

This dockerfile contains a Ubuntu 21.04 image with some tools needed for generic stuff related to multimedia handling. It comes with mkvtoolnix, MakeMKV, RenameMyTvSeries (beta), ffmpeg, aria2, vlc, mediainfo and so on.

It is based on XFCE4 with XRDP.

🐳 Manual Deploying

First of all, build the image running:

docker build . --name xrdpubuntu

Then create a new container running:

docker run -d --name uxrdp --hostname terminalserver --shm-size 1g -p 3389:3389 -p 2222:22 xrdpubuntu:latest

Notes:

• It is important to use the --shm-size 1g or the web browsers will crash;
• If you are using a rdp server on 3389 change -p <my-port>:3389;
• If your 2222 is busy, change -p <my-port>:22 for ssh access into the container;

📡 Connecting to the container

You can connect to the container using a RDP client or SSH.

• By default, SSH is enabled on port 2222, you can use any SSH client out of the web;

• By default, RDP is enabled on port 3389, you can use all the clients supported by XRDP:

  • FreeRDP
  • rdesktop
  • KRDC
  • NeutrinoRDP
  • Windows MSTSC (Microsoft Terminal Services Client, aka mstsc.exe)
  • Microsoft Remote Desktop (found on Microsoft Store, which is distinct from MSTSC)

🙍‍♂️ Creating new users

⚠️ The main objective is to create users like root (with UID and GID set to 0), it is a crazy and unsafe setting but it is needed for my work, so bear with it.

To automate the creation of users, supply a file users.list in the /etc directory of the container. The format is as follows:

username password-hash

The provided users.list file will create a sample root-like-user:

• Username: ubuntu
• Password: ubuntu

To generate the password hash use the following line:

openssl passwd -1 'newpassword'

Run the xrdp container with your file

docker run -d -v $PWD/users.list:/etc/users.list

You can change your password in the rdp session in a terminal

passwd

🙍‍♀️ Adding new users on existing container

No configuration is needed, you can add new user on a existing container running:

docker exec -it uxrdp adduser mynewuser

After this the new user can login.

⚙️ Adding new services

To make sure all processes are working supervisor is installed. The location for services to start is /etc/supervisor/conf.d

Example: Adding mysql as a service

apt-get -yy install mysql-server
echo "[program:mysqld] \
command= /usr/sbin/mysqld \
user=mysql \
autorestart=true \
priority=100" > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mysql.conf
supervisorctl update

🐋 Using docker-compose

git clone https://github.com/GrungiTeam/ubuntu-xrdp.git
cd ubuntu-xrdp/
%your_prefered_editor% docker-compose.override.yml # if you want to override any default value
docker-compose up -d