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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.

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