First we will use SSH command line<\/a> to access and configure xRDP on Linux. Then remotely access our server with Remote Desktop. This tool is the easiest option and comes built into Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This tutorial will explain how to install and configure xRDP on CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 18.04 servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s set up xrdp server on a machine running CentOS 7 \/ RHEL 7 with a minimum of 1GB RAM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n First xRDP is available in EPEL repository, so Configure the firewall to allow RDP connection from external machines. xRDP should now be listening on 3389. You can confirm this by using Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now we need to install the desktop environment we\u2019ll be using. You can choose between XFCE, MATE, and GNOME.<\/p>\n\n\n\n XFCE is one of the most lightweight desktop environments. It\u2019s fast, low on system resources, while still visually appealing. Additionally, it has a very active community, so there are many customization options available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Install XFCE Desktop Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To Next, create the Uninstalling XFCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To With xRDP and your desktop environment installed, you can now connect from your local machine to the remote machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To connect to your server from Microsoft Windows, just search and launch the Remote Desktop Connection application and enter your hostname or IP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If this is your first time connecting, then you\u2019ll receive some security warnings. Assuming this is your server and it is secure then just go ahead and confirm it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE: <\/strong> If you can\u2019t connect via Remote Desktop Connection after you\u2019ve installed the desktop environment, then open port Here is what XFCE looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now you are connected to the server using Remote Desktop Connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With xRDP you can use Microsoft\u2019s Remote Desktop to connect to a Lubuntu 14.04 server. xRDP uses vnc4server to spin up LXDE sessions on your Lubuntu machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edit or create To connect to your server from Microsoft Windows, just search and launch the Remote Desktop Connection application and enter your hostname or IP: <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Windows, search and launch Remote Desktop Connection application. For You shall be prompted with Login to xrdp. Enter your Lubuntu username and password. That’s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/strong> If you try connecting to your machine, you\u2019re going to get a grey desktop. xrdp is trying to use the command \u201cstartx\u201d to start a window manager. On Lubuntu, this will not work. You need xrdp to use the command \u201clxsession\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n To make this change, you need to edit \/home\/[your_username]\/.xsession:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026and make it look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Save .xsession, reboot your computer, and try connecting from your Remote Desktop client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you already tried to use the xrdp to remotely connect from Windows to Lubuntu? Did you follow several guides but nothing worked? When trying to connect from Windows with username and password, you see some kind of blank screen and a cursor, but nothing happens after that? Other than in Ubuntu the lightweight Lubuntu desktop does not include a VNC server by default. We will have to install and configure a VNC server before we are able to view our Lubuntu desktop remotely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This can be vino<\/a> (the Ubuntu default VNC server), or any other VNC server (x11vnc<\/a> is good one). A VNC server can be installed and configured through an SSH session in case you have no physical access to your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yum<\/strong> is usually used with CentOS<\/strong> (RHEL family OS’s) and handles rpm software packages. Apt<\/strong> is used with Ubuntu<\/strong> (Debian family distributions) and handles deb software packages. Both are commands\/tools used to install, remove and update software packages which are downloaded from software repositories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Installing is basically the same, you do ‘yum install<\/strong> package’ or ‘apt<\/strong>–get install<\/strong> package’, you get the same result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well done. You\u2019ve hopefully learned how to install xRDP on a CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 18.04 machine and use desktop environment over remote desktop connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve encountered any issues when following this tutorial, please feel free to let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Install xRDP on Linux to enable Remote Desktop Connection \u2013 A free alternative to Windows VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,18],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beginnor.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How to Remote Desktop from Windows to CentOS 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Step 1 \u2013 Install xRDP on CentOS 7<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
update<\/code> your package index with yum command<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nyum -y update<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
install EPEL<\/code> repository:<\/p>\n\n\n\nyum install -y epel-release<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install xRDP<\/code>, enable<\/code> the service at system startup and start xRDP<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nyum install -y xrdp tigervnc-server \nsystemctl enable xrdp\nsystemctl start xrdp <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Add port 3389\/tcp<\/code> as an exception for RDP:<\/p>\n\n\n\nfirewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3389\/tcp\nfirewall-cmd --reload <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
netstat<\/code> command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nnetstat -antup | grep xrdp<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3389 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1508\/xrdp\ntcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3350 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1507\/xrdp-sesman<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Step 2 \u2013 Install the Desktop Environment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
install XFCE<\/code>, run the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\nyum install -y epel-release\nyum groupinstall -y \"Xfce\"\nreboot <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
.Xclients<\/code> file in the directory of the user you\u2019re connecting with:<\/p>\n\n\n\necho \"xfce4-session\" > ~\/.Xclients\nchmod a+x ~\/.Xclients <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
uninstall XFCE<\/code> from your CentOS 7 machine, run the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\nyum groupremove -y \"Xfce\"\nyum remove -y libxfce4* <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Step 3 \u2013 Connect to CentOS Using Remote Desktop Connection <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n3389\/tcp<\/code> using the firewall-cmd<\/code> command mentioned above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n![\"XFCE\"](\"https:\/\/draculaservers.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/remote_desktop_connection_xrdp_xfce.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nHow to Remote Desktop from Windows to Lubuntu 14.04 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Step 1 – Install xRDP on Lubuntu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Install xrdp<\/code> with apt-get command<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\napt-get install xrdp<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
~\/.xsession<\/code> with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\nlxsession -e LXDE -s Lubuntu<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Restart xrdp<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nservice xrdp restart<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Step 2 – Connect to Lubuntu xRDP from Windows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Computer<\/code>, put in the IP Address of your Lubuntu server. Leave User name blank. Click Connect<\/code>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nnano \/home\/[your_username]\/.xsession<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
#!\/bin\/sh\n\n\/usr\/bin\/lxsession -s Lubuntu -e LXDE<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Why xRDP (Remote Desktop) on Lubuntu is not Working?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You might have VNC server missing<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is the difference between yum and apt-get?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n