20.04

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.

Base Release

This is base release before the restructure.