20.04 Release
Quick Start
Run the following to get started.
echo "user:pass:N" > CREATEUSERS.TXT
docker run --name RattyDAVE20.04 \
--privileged=true \
-p 3389:3389 \
-e TZ="Europe/London"
-v CREATEUSERS.TXT:/root/createusers.txt \
-dit --restart unless-stopped \
rattydave/docker-ubuntu-xrdp-mate-custom:20.04
Then on a windows machine type
mstsc
Then put in the IP address of the docker host.
Login using the username user
and the password pass
Full
A virtual desktop docker container with persistant user information.
This image is automatically rebuilt when updates are realeased for Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 20.04 with XRDP and MATE. (latest)
- rattydave/docker-ubuntu-xrdp-mate-custom:20.04
- rattydave/docker-ubuntu-xrdp-mate-custom:20.04-tools
Contents:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Mate Desktop (ubuntu repo)
- XRDP (built from source)
- XRPDXORG (built from source)
- tightvncserver (ubuntu repo)
- Epiphany web browser (ubuntu repo)
- Custom xrdp.ini script
- Default UK Keyboard layout (Can be changed)
- Default UK Timezone (Can be changed)
- You are now able to set the time zone with the TZ variable
- Ability to run a script on container startup. This is useful for installing packages that are needed.
- Local Drive mapping (require elevated rights with this parameter
--privileged=true
) - Clipboard Sharing (require elevated rights with this parameter
--privileged=true
)
docker run --name RattyDAVE20.04 \
--privileged=true \
-p 3389:3389 \
-e TZ="Europe/London"
-v %LOCAL_PATH_TO_CREATEUSERS.TXT_FILE%:/root/createusers.txt \
-v %LOCAL_PATH_TO_STARTUP.SH_FILE%:/root/startup.sh \
-v %LOCAL_PATH_TO_HOME_DIRECTORY%:/home \
-dit --restart unless-stopped \
rattydave/docker-ubuntu-xrdp-mate-custom:20.04
- Replace %LOCAL_PATH_TO_CREATEUSERS.TXT_FILE% with the local filename of the createusers file.
- Replace %LOCAL_PATH_TO_STARTUP.SH_FILE% with the local filename of the startup.sh script. This is run after the user creation and before the service start.
- Replace %LOCAL_PATH_TO_HOME_DIRECTORY% with the local directory of the /home directorys.
This file contains 3 fields (username:password:is_sudo). Where username is the login id. Password is the password. is_sudo does the user have sudo access(only Y is recognised). It also needs a "newline" at the end of the line.
Example of a CREATEUSERS.TXT file
mickey:mouse:N
daisy:duke:Y
dog:flash:n
morty:rick:wubba
In this example 4 users will be created and only daisy will have sudo rights.
At every reboot it will check this file and ADD any new users.
Example of a STARTUP.SH file to change locale.
apt-get update
apt-get -y install language-pack-de language-pack-gnome-de
locale-gen de_DE.UTF-8
update-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
To Connect
Please note some clients need an extra parameter set glyph-cache. xfreerdp, remmina and others need this set.
Linux example of how to connect:
xfreerdp /size:1920x1140 /kbd:0x00000809 /v:%IP_ADDRESS% /gdi:hw /drive:home,$HOME +clipboard /sound:sys:alsa +glyph-cache
Windows example:
Open a command prompt and type
mstsc
Then put in the ip address of the docker host.