CentOS 7 Remote Desktop From Windows

In this guide i will show how to CentOS 7 Remote Desktop From Windows and install tigervnc, xrdp on CentOS 7.

TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC, a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines.

xrdp – open source remote desktop protocol(rdp) server. Based on the work of FreeRDP and rdesktop, xrdp uses the remote desktop protocol to present a GUI to the user.

 

First of all we need install Gnome GUI on our CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 – How To Install Gnome CentOS 7.

 

CentOS 7 XRDP Install

Tigervnc server centos 7 installation with xrdp we can do by using YUM command:

# yum install xrdp tigervnc-server

Output:

[root@localhost ~]# yum install xrdp tigervnc-server
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.fileplanet.com
* epel: mirrors.develooper.com
* extras: mirror.hostduplex.com
* updates: repos-lax.psychz.net
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package tigervnc-server.x86_64 0:1.8.0-13.el7 will be installed
---> Package xrdp.x86_64 1:0.9.9-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: xrdp-selinux = 1:0.9.9-1.el7 for package: 1:xrdp-0.9. 9-1.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: xorgxrdp for package: 1:xrdp-0.9.9-1.el7.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xorgxrdp.x86_64 0:0.2.9-1.el7 will be installed
---> Package xrdp-selinux.x86_64 1:0.9.9-1.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
tigervnc-server x86_64 1.8.0-13.el7 base 215 k
xrdp x86_64 1:0.9.9-1.el7 epel 419 k
Installing for dependencies:
xorgxrdp x86_64 0.2.9-1.el7 epel 63 k
xrdp-selinux x86_64 1:0.9.9-1.el7 epel 16 k

Transaction Summary
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Install 2 Packages (+2 Dependent packages)

Total download size: 713 k
Installed size: 2.7 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
(1/4): xrdp-0.9.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 419 kB 00:00
(2/4): tigervnc-server-1.8.0-13.el7.x86_64.rpm | 215 kB 00:00
(3/4): xorgxrdp-0.2.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 63 kB 00:00
(4/4): xrdp-selinux-0.9.9-1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 16 kB 00:00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 671 kB/s | 713 kB 00:01
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
Installing : xorgxrdp-0.2.9-1.el7.x86_64 1/4
Installing : 1:xrdp-0.9.9-1.el7.x86_64 2/4
Installing : 1:xrdp-selinux-0.9.9-1.el7.x86_64 3/4
Installing : tigervnc-server-1.8.0-13.el7.x86_64 4/4
Verifying : 1:xrdp-selinux-0.9.9-1.el7.x86_64 1/4
Verifying : 1:xrdp-0.9.9-1.el7.x86_64 2/4
Verifying : tigervnc-server-1.8.0-13.el7.x86_64 3/4
Verifying : xorgxrdp-0.2.9-1.el7.x86_64 4/4

Installed:
tigervnc-server.x86_64 0:1.8.0-13.el7 xrdp.x86_64 1:0.9.9-1.el7

Dependency Installed:
xorgxrdp.x86_64 0:0.2.9-1.el7 xrdp-selinux.x86_64 1:0.9.9-1.el7

Complete!

 

After xrdp and tigervnc-server installing start the xrdp service by using command:

# systemctl start xrdp

 

To start xrdp service at boot, use the enable command:

# systemctl enable xrdp

 

To conform xrdp listening on 3389 port with netstat command:

# netstat -tulpn | grep xrdp

Output:

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3350 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 7534/xrdp-sesman
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3389 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 7535/xrdp

 

Configure Firewall

Configure the firewalld to allow incoming RDP connections to TCP 3389 port:

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3389/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload

 
 


 

Access CentOS From Windows Remote Desktop

Launch Windows rdp client and try access CentOS from Windows:

Ignore the warning of RDP certificate and accept the certificate:

In next window make sure you use module Xvnc Session and type your Linux user credentials:

Click OK and in get CentOS 7 remote Desktop:

Read also: How to Remote Desktop from Windows to Ubuntu.

 

 

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