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RattyDAVE edited this page Oct 13, 2019 · 3 revisions

Ubuntu 18.04 with XRDP and MATE.

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

All features as 19.04 with the following new features.

  • Ability to run a script on container startup. This is useful for installing packages that are needed.
  • You are now able to set the time zone with the TZ variable
  • Sound
  • Screen resizing
  • GPU Encoding (Auto disable if no GPU)
docker run --name RattyDAVEtest \
          --privileged=true \
          -p 3389:3389 -p 2222:22 \
          -e TZ="Europe/London"
          -e DISABLE_GPU="False"
           --shm-size 1g
          -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:test
  • 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.
  • You do not need to publish port 22 only use if needed.

Example startup.sh 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

Example client run.

xfreerdp /size:1920x1140 \
         /kbd:0x00000809 \
         /v:192.168.1.12:3389 \
         /gdi:hw /drive:home,/home/dave \
         +clipboard \
         /sound:sys:alsa \
         +glyph-cache
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