Centos How to instal xrdp and Config

1. First, install Gnome GUI on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

2. xrdp is available in EPEL repository, so Install and configure EPEL repository.

rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel...
yum -y install xrdp tigervnc-server


Once xrdp is installed, start the xrdp service using the following command.

systemctl start xrdp


xrdp should now be listening on 3389. You can confirm this by using netstat command.

netstat -antup | grep xrdp

By default, xrdp service won’t start automatically after a system reboot. Run the following command in the terminal to enable the service at system startup.

systemctl enable xrdp


Firewall
Configure the firewall to allow RDP connection from external machines. The following command will add the exception for RDP port (3389).

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

SELinux
Configure SELinux

chcon --type=bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp
chcon --type=bin_t /usr/sbin/xrdp-sesman


Test xrdp Remote Connectivity
Now take RDP from any windows machine using Remote Desktop Connection. Enter the ip address of Linux server in the computer field and then click on connect.