Oracle Linux: How to Configure XRDP Server for GNOME Desktop Session

Applies To:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Linux x86_64
Rocky Linux x86_64

Summary:

This document explains steps to configure XRDP service. So that Desktop session can be launched for the instances. 

Note: The XRDP rpm is provided in the developer_EPEL repository. The other alternative is tigervnc which is fully supported. 

Solution:

Follow the below steps to configure xrdp service. 

1. Install the Server with GUI package group. 

#dnf groupinstall "Server with GUI" -y

2. Enable the developer_EPEL repository and install the xrdp package.

Example EPEL repository:

[ol8_developer_epel]
name=Oracle Linux 8 developer EPEL repository
baseurl=https://yum$ociregion.$ocidomain/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/developer/EPEL/x86_64/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
priority=20
enabled=1