As of this writing, I’m using 64-bit Rocky Linux 8.4 that came with GNOME by default.

Since this version already has the GUI that is GNOME, this will mainly work for the settings I have. I know there are issues if you use other GUI packages.

Setup EPEL Repository

First, become the root user since the setup requires superuser privileges.

su -

Run update to make sure your install is up-to-date

yum update

Run the following command to install EPEL Repository

yum install epel-release

Install and Enable XRDP

Now you can enable EPEL Repository and install Xrdp server using the following command

dnf --enablerep=epel -y install xrdp

systemctl enable xrdp --now

Firewall Configuration

Also, let xrpd go through the firewall. Assign the correct port if you are not using the default 3389 for TCP.

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

Make the rule permanent using the following command

firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent

Connect Using Windows RDP

Now you should be able to connect to Rocky Linux using Windows RDP. Make sure that the user you are using for login is not already logged in on the server or the RDP session won’t connect.

Enjoy!