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Install XRDP On CentOS 7

This document provides instructions for installing and configuring xrdp on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 to enable remote desktop access. It describes prerequisites like ensuring xrdp is available in third party repositories. The steps include automatically installing xrdp from the EPEL and Nux repositories, or manually adding the Nux repository. Once installed, it explains how to start the xrdp service, open the firewall port, configure SELinux, and test remote access from a Windows machine using the Remote Desktop Connection client.

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Install XRDP On CentOS 7

This document provides instructions for installing and configuring xrdp on CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 to enable remote desktop access. It describes prerequisites like ensuring xrdp is available in third party repositories. The steps include automatically installing xrdp from the EPEL and Nux repositories, or manually adding the Nux repository. Once installed, it explains how to start the xrdp service, open the firewall port, configure SELinux, and test remote access from a Windows machine using the Remote Desktop Connection client.

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Install xrdp on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

RAJ SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 66 COMMENTS CENTOS 7, RDP, REMOTE, RHEL 7, VNC, XRDP

xrdp is an Open Source Remote desktop Protocol server, which allows you to RDP to your
Linux server from Windows machine; it is capable of accepting connections from rdesktop,
freerdp, and remote desktop clients. This how to will help you to setup xrdp server on
CentOS 7 / RHEL 7.

Prerequisites:
1. This was written when xrdp is available neither on CentOS repositories nor on EPEL
repository, after a lot of Google search; i found desktop repository (http://li.nux.ro/) which
was having xrdp for CentOS 7 / RHEL 7. We need to manually setup the repository on
CentOS 7.
2. Dont forget to install Gnome on CentOS 7

Automatic (recommended):
Install EPEL and nux Desktop repository rpms.
# rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
# rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-01.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

Manual:
Create a repository file.
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/xrdp.repo

Place the following content. Once added, save and close the file.
[xrdp]
name=xrdp
baseurl=http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Installation:
Issue the following command to install xrdp
# yum -y install xrdp tigervnc-server

You will get the following output, make sure you are getting package from the newly created
repository.

--> Running transaction check


---> Package xrdp.x86_64 0:0.6.1-2.el7.nux will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package
Arch
Version
Repository
Size
================================================================================
Installing:
xrdp
x86_64
0.6.1-2.el7.nux
xrdp
271 k
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 271 k
Installed size: 1.5 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
xrdp-0.6.1-2.el7.nux.x86_64.rpm
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : xrdp-0.6.1-2.el7.nux.x86_64
Verifying : xrdp-0.6.1-2.el7.nux.x86_64

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Installed:
xrdp.x86_64 0:0.6.1-2.el7.nux

Once it is installed, lets start the xrdp service.


# systemctl start xrdp.service

xrdp will listen on 3389, lets confirm this by issuing following command.
# netstat -antup | grep xrdp
tcp
0
0 0.0.0.0:3389
tcp
0
0 127.0.0.1:3350
sesman

0.0.0.0:*
0.0.0.0:*

LISTEN
LISTEN

By default, services wont auto start after system reboot. Issue the following command to
enable the service at system start up.
# systemctl enable xrdp.service

Next is to create iptables rule to allow rdp connection from the external machines, following
command will add the exception for rdp port (3389).
# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=3389/tcp
# firewall-cmd --reload

Configure SELinux
# chcon --type=bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp
# chcon --type=bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman

Test:

1508/xrdp
1507/xrdp-

Now take rdp from any windows machine using Remote Desktop Connection, enter ip
address of Linux server in computer field and click on connect.

CentOS 7 xrdp MSTSC

You would be asked to enter the user name and password, you can either use root or any
user that you have it on system. Make sure you use module sesman-Xvnc.

CentOS 7 xrdp Login page

If you click ok, you will see the processing. In less than a half min, you will get a desktop.

CentOS 7 xrdp Desktop

Thats All, you have successfully configured xRDP on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7. We welcome
your comments.

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