Ansible XRDP GUI Project

Update

# Add this to the end of your /etc/bashrc to allow apps to run as root with gui
xhost +si:localuser:root 2> /dev/null

# Then you can just run this: sudo caja

XRDP provides great:

• RDP Protocol compatibility
• TLS encrytion
• Good performance
• Remote drives redirection

Vagrant quick start on Windows + Virtualbox

• Install Vagrant
• Install Virtualbox
• Install Vagrant plugin: vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
• Run vagrant up
• Run mstsc /v:localhost:13389
  • Username: vagrant
  • Password: vagrant

Build

cd vagrant
vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
vagrant up

Destroy

vagrant halt -f
vagrant destroy -f

Quick start on a CentOS 7 test box

• Make sure ansible-pull can become root without password (edit visudo)

yum -y install git ansible htop
sudo ansible-pull --purge --clean --force --url="https://github.com/DRN88/ansible-xrdp-gui.git" --checkout="master" --inventory="environments/local/inventory" playbooks/local.yml

Custom Themes available

Added 2 backgrounds and reusing some built-in themes:

• Light1 (default)
• Dark1

Known issues

• Drive redirection does not work every time
  • Workaround in: /usr/libexec/xrdp/startwm-mate-session.sh with fusermount -u "$HOME/redirected_drives"
• If Printers is enabled on Local devices and resources redirection it breaks the rest of the resources (Clipboard, Drive redirections). Please untick Printers

Recommended RDP connection settings on Windows 10

• Set username in advance
• Set screen to Fullscreen
• Set Color depth 24bit
• Enable remote audio
• Enable clipboard
• Click on More... button --> Enable drive redirection