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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 ${PWD}/CREATEUSERS.TXT:/root/createusers.txt \
           -dit --restart unless-stopped \
           rattydave/docker-ubuntu-xrdp-mate-custom

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

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)

Contents:

• Ubuntu 20.04
• 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.

Auto Update

To automatically update I recomend using watchtower.

docker run -d \
    --name watchtower \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    containrrr/watchtower

rattydave/docker-ubuntu-xrdp-mate-custom:20.04-tools

I doubt most people would want this version but I have made available. This release contains development tools.

• x3270
• filezilla
• netbeans
• dia
• geany
• putty
• mysql-workbench
• remmina
• openjdk-11-jre
• libreoffice
• pasmo
• BlueJ
• Rocket2014 (A RC2014 Z80 emulator - https://github.com/trcwm/rocket2014 - ROMs located in /opt/rocket2014/examples)

Screen sharing: On the master user connect using the Xvnc option and login as normal. On the desktop there is a file called session_info.txt this will contain the display number and password.

       On the other clients connect using the Reconnect option.
       Using the information in the session_info file:
            PORT = 5900 + display number. (So if display is 11 then the port would be 5911)
            USERNAME = Username of the master account.
            PASSWORD = the password in the Session_info.txt file. (e.g. 1a2b3c4d)
            

Example of a working command line.

docker run --name RattyDAVE20.04-tools \
           --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-tools

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 /v:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx /drive:home,/home/xxxx +clipboard +glyph-cache