Install xRDP on AlmaLinux 9

XRDP is an open-source implementation of remote desktop protocols developed by Microsoft.

Prerequisites

• AlmaLinux 9 with GUI such as Gnome, XFCE, KDE
• Allow port 3389 in the firewall

#Add Firewall

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

#Reload Firewall service

firewall-cmd --reload

Setup XRDP on AlmaLinux 9

• Add Epel Repo and run system update, because XRDP are not available in the AppStream

sudo dnf install epel-release

sudo dnf update

• Install XRDP

sudo dnf install xrdp

• Start XRDP service

sudo systemctl start xrdp

• Enable XRDP service – To make sure the XRDP service will start automatically whenever the system boot

sudo systemctl enable xrdp

check the service is running

systemctl status xrdp

• Log out AlmaLinux session