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To connect through Centos 8 using remote desktop type Remote desktop connection in the windows search bar and press enter.Įnter the IP address of the remote machine and click on connect. Windows by default uses a remote desktop client. # firewall-cmd –reload Connecting to the XRDP using Windows Machine # firewall-cmd -add-port = 3389/tcp - permanent If your firewall is running on your Centos 8, just add the rule to allow the XRDP port/service to allow traffic for the XRDP connection.

exec gnome-sessionĪfter adding the above line restart the XRDP service, using the following command: # systemctl restart xrdp Configure the Firewall Open up configuration file /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini and add the following line at the end of the file. This file is divided into different sections and allows you to set global configuration settings such as security and listening address and you can also create different XRDP login sessions. For the connection, you don’t need to make any changes in the configuration file. By default, XRDP uses windows desktop, which is in our case is GNOME.

The configuration file is /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini. You can also verify the XRDP service state by using the following command: # netstat –atnp | grep 3389 If the XRDP service is running, the output should be like this as shown in the figure below: To verify the XRDP is running, type the following command: # systemctl status xrdp Once the installation is complete enable and start the XRDP service. If EPEL is not enabled on your system, enable it by typing the following command: # dnf install epel-release

XRDP is available in the EPEL software repository. To install GNOME on your remote machine, open up the terminal and run the following command: # dnf groupinstall "Server with GUI"ĭepending on your system, downloading and install the GNOME packages and dependencies may take some time. GNOME is the default desktop environment in Centos 8. If you want to connect through a GUI, the first step is to install it. Generally, Linux Server does not have a remote desktop installed. In this tutorial, we will look at how to set up the Remote desktop Connection on Centos 8. With RDP, you can log in to the remote machine the same as you had logged into the local machine. XRDP is an open-source implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDP) that allows you to graphically control your system.