To install and configure an RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) server on CentOS 7, you can follow these steps:
- Install the xrdp package by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo yum install xrdp
- Start the xrdp service by running:
sudo systemctl start xrdp- Enable the xrdp service to start automatically at boot time by running:
sudo systemctl enable xrdp- To allow remote desktop connections through the firewall, run the following command:
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3389/tcp sudo firewall-cmd --reload- Install a GUI on your server, such as GNOME, by running:
sudo yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop"- Configure xrdp to use the GNOME desktop environment by editing the file /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh and changing the value of the DESKTOP variable to "gnome-session":
sudo nano /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
7.Restart the xrdp service by running
sudo systemctl restart xrdp
After completing these steps, you should be able to connect to the RDP server from a remote machine using a RDP client, such as the Remote Desktop Connection application on Windows or the rdesktop tool on Linux.
Note that, it is recommended to configure the server with a static IP or hostname and set a strong password for user account that you would like to use to connect via RDP