Rustdesk - an Open Source, Self Hosted alternative to TeamViewer, AnyDesk, GoToAssist, and the like.

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00:00 Beginning
00:09 Introduction to RustDesk
01:21 Thank you to my Patrons over at Patreon
02:00 About RustDesk
04:00 Installing RustDesk Server with Docker
16:10 Setup the RustDesk client
20:50 Download the Client (Ubuntu)
21:30 Install the .deb on Ubuntu
22:50 Run the Client
24:10 Making a Connection to Another Machine
30:40 Renaming a Client Connection
31:15 Connecting from Linux to a Windows 10 Machine
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[@hiddenpcmaster]

Timing is everything! Love your videos and thanks for mentioning in the discord group. I cant wait to follow your step by step instructions this weekend when i have some downtime. Remotely is still awesome and with Rustdesk, a killer combination to have in my toolbox. Thank you Brian.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My absolute pleasure!

[@HiltonT69]

Remotely seems. To have been forgotten. Last update Aug 2021, new owner May 2022, still no updates...

[@farzadmf]

Super nice walkthrough and going through a lot of details, thank you!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure.

[@elrerex255]

I have just renewed my TeamViewer License a few days ago. But I am still happy to know it was the last time. THANK YOU for making me discover this great software, and your channel.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Great to hear!

[@IBRACORP]

Great stuff once again Brian. We had Rustdesk on our hitlist for a while to cover in a video and you did great.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Thank you my friend! I appreciate it!

[@deviouschu]

I love your videos, thank you. I don't follow all of your instructions, but I watch what you do and see the features and if it is what I need or just want. I add it to my lab. Thank you for all of this. As being a sysadmin and searching for good softwares is hard to come by. But you show some of the best if not the best. Thank you.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I’m glad you like the stuff I find. I try to present the best options out there in the open source world.

[@rmsraph]

I've been searching for this for a long time. Thank you very much.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad I could help

[@petersanchez3326]

Well done video. Straight forward and to the point. I stood this up in less than an hour. Works as well as AnyDesk.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Thank you, hope it serves you well.

[@omkarvenkata]

Awesome. What a timing of your video. Just right at the time of requirement. First time onto your channel and subscribed with bell notifications :)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Welcome aboard!

[@stiepanbanjarbaru1825]

This tutorial is amazing and you are really good at teaching !! great job sir !

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad it was helpful!

[@domiflichi]

Thank you for this video. Ive been looking for a TeamViewer alternative for a couple years now and this is the best alternative yet!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad it was helpful! Make sure to check out the follow up video on securing your connections.

[@vickramds]

This is the best guide I found for rustdesk configuration.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad it was helpful.

[@Terminator85BS]

Been using this for months, it's a really great piece of software. Performance is insanely good, and it deals really well with multi monitor setups too compared to other tools i've used. no matter if from mobile or laptop, it just does the job really well.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad to hear about the multi-monitor support.

[@NamikageJoel19]

You know if it is possible to remote control IOS devices instead of only screen mirroring ?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

@@NamikageJoel19 I haven’t checked in a few years, but at that time it was not allowed.

[@evraya1]

And the fps? Also higher then the rest?

[@sandro2355]

@@evraya1 FPS itself is high, but internal servers are laggy in Europe due to their ping/distance. So use your own and it will work very well.

[@TheMrmaxno]

Super useful tool, thank you for sharing. I am going too install it

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure

[@naterz1204]

Glad to find something similar to TeamViewer with a relay server I can host myself. There's still some kinks in the Android package regarding hostname resolution and private DNS. That aside, this is on the top of my list regarding new self hosted software.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad it's a solid option. Make sure to let the dev team know about the Android issues, and let them know you appreciate their efforts with a Github star, a nice comment, etc.

[@raylab77]

Wow! This looks great! I will install and try for sure. Liked and subscribed 😜

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@haydenc2742]

Very cool...definitely a great asset for those that do remote desktop assistance!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad you like it. Make sure to check out the follow up video on security as well.

[@SebLukaTech]

👽 I'm just glad I found you. Look forward too going through your channel video catalogue. Cheers big ears!!! 👽

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@DarksurfX]

Very nice!!! Thanks for sharing!! This is info is worth its weight in gold! Subscribed!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Thanks for the sub, and glad you like the video.

[@gueroloco8687]

I will for sure try this!!! Great video!!!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Please do!

[@blackchristiangeek]

Thanks for the video, I'm a first time viewer and new subscriber. I never heard of this to before this video and although it's a little more involved to get setup than the time I have available at the moment, I do plan to revisit. Thanks and God bless 🤓

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Definitely do. I have some other videos on Docker, NGinX Proxy Manager, etc that can give you a better base if needed.

[@Dimlutube]

super good content m8. You explain things very well

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Thanks, and glad you like it.

[@lawrencesalmingo9576]

Great stuff! Thanks for this one!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You bet. Thanks for watching!

[@narmiak]

I REALY like the way you explain every command. Most tutorials just say "Paste whatever there is in description and hope I am not trying to destroy your system" ;) Not everyone who will install this is using Linux every day and they may not know what the -R means or why you need to put "username:group" in a command etc.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad it's helpful. I try to keep it in mind as I go along.

[@shineymcshine]

Opposite for me. I figure if you don't know about the chown command, SSH keys or Docker, you probably shouldn't be fiddling around with something like this app. Really could have skipped that stuff.

[@narmiak]

@@shineymcshine And people are suposed to learn how? Those kind of videos that show you in practice how to use something and explain why something happens step by step are best for learning. And most of the time when you ask Linux related question on a forum you et one of 2 answers: 1. Use man 2. Google it ;)

[@lmaoroflcopter]

​@shineymcshine you really could have skipped that stuff. KZbin provides you the tools to do so. Meanwhile those who need to see that stuff, can see that stuff because he takes the time to put it in as content.

[@boommonkey111]

looks awesome :) ill defo take it for a spin... thanks for sharing

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You are welcome.

[@rguifa]

Hi Brian, another great video...can't believe I had not watched it!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad you liked it.

[@wallyhare8616]

Yes. This is just what I needed to know!!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad I could help.

[@ArthurTully]

Good alternative to Anydesk since they just went the Teamviewer route.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I'm really loving RustDesk. Excited to see what the next iteration brings.

[@hiteshbehera]

can you explain your words here, being new to this area i want to know from your experience and knowledge instead of searching online

[@iamrage4753]

great tutorial, thanks so much :)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You're very welcome!

[@aeciobossardi7550]

Hey man, very clean, interesting and professional. Good sNice tutorialt.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad you liked it!

[@aleJohnny]

Nice! Looks the best alternative to TeamViewer so far. Looks exactly like TV. I'm looking for a solution hybrid between TV and Remotely. Where I and my coworkers can access their machines remotely. Like, having a dashboard as in Remotely and at the same time allowing people to connect using ID and Password.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

This is definitely a great option. Make sure to check out the show notes for the Security aspects, so you can get everything setup properly and keep your machines safe.

[@mihai_chindris]

I've had no problem whatsoever with the setup and the connection is pretty fast, I shall say. I've tried (almost) all of the commercial RDP tools that are out there, but this particular open source software suits my needs in the best way possible. thank you for uploading this video, you're a great man!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Super glad it’s working well for you.

[@fmo94jos8v3]

partly closed source you mean

[@igordasunddas3377]

Thank you - cool video! I use Traefik as a reverse proxy, because I usually proxy stuff to a container.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad you like the video. You can certainly use a reverse proxy for this if the proxy can deal with ports outside of 80 and 443. In my case, I just port forwarded on my home router to the vm I run this on in docker.

[@vars-itlearnings7467]

appreciate your efforts

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It's my pleasure

[@robireds1202]

Very good. Thank you.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure, and make sure to jump over to the Rustdesk github,a nd post a thnks to the devs there as well.

[@jonathanclaudel9534]

super tuto, merci beaucoup.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure

[@SilentSolution]

Thanks for Your information

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Any time

[@mannycarrion7862]

wow thank you im useing rustdesk im a linux user i want to thank you i love it this rust desk really works well for being free thank you very much its also very easy to use very easy more easer than any sever networks iv used iv connected all my computers and its freee

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It is indeed, and make sure to check out the follow up video I just posted on security in rustdesk as well.

[@Lunolux]

this look interesting! thx gonna probably test it

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Hope you like it!

[@rlischer3]

Thank you so much!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You bet.

[@glock21guy]

Been using nightly for a while now, because I had key repeat issues using linux as controlling side. I was surprised at how well it works with Android. Total control. Works great.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It is awesome software for sure.

[@JanVokas]

You can also enable direct IP access - and you don't need your own server for "local" connections over your local network. You are using IP address instead of ID during connection. I'm using this to manage kids computers around the house. But sometimes things don't work as expected - for example pressing enter or backspace doesn't work for some remote applications. Anyway perfect piece of software!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Indeed for local it's even easier if you want it to be. I wanted to show the full server setup as it's helpful for folks who may need to access machines when away from home, for family, etc. But direct IP is absolutely possible as well.

[@n.l3880]

I'm currently using meshcentral for all my clients. I also use it for temporary remote desktop and that works great

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Love MeshCentral. I feel like MeshCentral serves a slightly different purpose to RustDesk. RustDesk to me is more client support (like call in and get someone connected), vs. MeshCentral which is really Remote Machine Management.

[@n.l3880]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Yeah, thats true, but I treat most of my clients computers as managed machines. I install meshcentral just with the desktop access prompt. Most of my clients are either elderly people who just want it to be as easy as possible and fully trust me with technically always having access to their machine. And I obviously also have business customers and there I remotely manage all there machines anyways

[@KrzysztofStrug]

Thanks for another great portion of open source! In nano you can use Ctrl+S to save files :-)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Thanks for the info!

[@fmo94jos8v3]

except that he showed NOT "fully open source" it was partly open, partly closed source. The address book is compiled into the binaries, but the source code does not include it. If you pay for license, you cannot compile it yourself, you have to use binaries, and then you also have to host and maintain it, and for that privilege you get to pay them $120/year. No thanks.

[@ichigoofy]

Thanks for the videos. Pro-tip for you:. To copy your ssh keys to remote server use ssh-copy-id

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I use that pretty regularly, just did it the long way round this time.

[@vibhubhatnagar6331]

thanks for video

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Most welcome

[@patelajay101985]

Thank You

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You're welcome

[@michaelmoloney4080]

its really good, fast and finally open source, for team viewer replacement its going to need that address book, maybe a rolling code password, and to work on terminal servers as thats important for teamviewer :)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It needs improvement for sure, but what a great start.

[@nightcoder5k]

This is cool. Hopefully, it gets even faster with a better compression algorithm. Supporting multiple monitors would be great. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I've not seen much lag at all. It's not something to use for gaming remotely or anything, but it's great for simple desktop support.

[@nightcoder5k]

@@AwesomeOpenSource That's awesome. Thank you.

[@tommyknocker1368]

Great tool. Thanks for making this type of videos. Everytime i come to this channel, i find a new cool piece of software to play with (and use it). Did you get the Addressbook working?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I haven't tried it yet. ir, so far, remembers the machines I've vistied right on the main screen. Not sure if there is some limit to that.

[@tommyknocker1368]

@@AwesomeOpenSource it seems like they removed this for adding it in a future paid „Pro“-Version. 🙁

[@wwlmoraes]

Thanks my friend;

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

No problem 👍

[@AntoineViallonDevelloper]

This. I needed this.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad I could help.

[@jeffersonsinoy2913]

So glad i've found your channel ! Rich content that we can really use. By the way is there any opensource alternative to RDS and RCB (remote connection broker) ?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Check out RPort shownotes.opensourceisawesome.com/rport-remote-machine-management/ and MeshCentral kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnilep14fNafnKs. Those may be what you're looking for.

[@carmine2559]

Thank you.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure.

[@jeremybw2180]

I use Google remote desktop for things related to this. Works AMAZINGLY! Super simple to use.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Yes, but also controlled 100% by Google.

[@tempeleng]

it doesn't work on mint.

[@salapolivalenta77]

Brilliant! I installed into my debian linode vps, works like a charm! I haven't used the script because I already had docker, just manually installed compose and adjust the iptables rules. Thank you, veeeeeeery useful!!!! The footprint is very low, my vps has only 1 core and 1 Gb RAM, no need for more. The advantage is the vps bandwith which is like 5 gbps. So, in order to use an encrypted connection I suppose that the key should be used into both clients, right? Thanks again man!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad it's working, make sure to check out the folow up I just release on the security side. I didn't go into enough detail on the first video, and people have mentioned it in the comments, so make sure to check it out.

[@dougphillips5686]

good info! I use wayland so thanks for the facts.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You bet, hopefully they can add wayland support soon.

[@jimmyscott5144]

I'll make this bigger for the people on mobile. Every time I am like that's me! Thank you

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad it helps. I try to remember as much as I can.

[@SvenMazet1973]

interesting... at my previous job we used Bomgar, might be looking into this for personal use too...

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Nonfat is really great corporate level stuff, and priced accordingly. But for me, this will do just fine. Hope it will for you as well.

[@hyperscaled2565]

HI Brian, very informative video. I wanted to ask an unrelated question though. How do you open ports on your machine to public? My ISP has ports blocked and they are quite resistant towards any port opening requests. Not sure what can I do about it.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

If all ports are blocked by the ISP, then you'll have to use an inexpensive VPS like DigitalOcean, Linode, etc; or setup a VPN like Wireguard that can call out to a server without port forwarding. You could use something like TailScale for that.

[@PongoXBongo]

I've been looking for a more affordable option for one of my GoToMeeting clients (his choice, not mine) since he's between jobs at the moment. And while he now has trouble affording the GTM subscription, he still very much needs help with his job-hunting efforts and other misc. tasks. He's a non-tech-savvy older gentleman and Rustdesk looks like an easy-to-use alternative for him. Plus, it means I can avoid the janky GTM web interface on my Linux laptop when I'm on the go. Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I really like Rustdesk, this team is doing some incredible work. I need to do an update video in fact.

[@austinsmith2536]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Would love an update video!

[@Destide]

Currently, exploring mesh central it's been super useful so far very little you can't do with it.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Mesh Central is awesome! Serves a bit of a different purpose to RustDesk IMO though.

[@Marionaise]

Hey, great video :) One question on the windows side, are you able to access UAC prompts? So when you need to install i.E. some software, often windows security pops up and asks if you really want to install it (or asks for credentials)

[@northpoint1039]

Connecting on my internal lan to my windows VM it does work with the UAC.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

So far, in my testing I was able to click the prompts.

[@profetik777]

thank you for making it larger for mobile devices

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

My pleasure!

[@jerricho1973]

Looks amazing but I think I'll wait until someone makes an installer. Thanks for the video!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

An installer for which part? There are .deb and .rpm for linux, as well as an experimental .appImage, but .exe for Windows, and .pkg for MacOS.

[@rodrigomendes3327]

Amazingly complicated. Congratulations for RustDesk devs.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I didn't find it at all complicated considering you can setup and run the server, and own the entire infrastructure. If you're looking for a simple download anad go, then a hosted option will be best.

[@rodrigomendes3327]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Official server is too lag to use here in Brazil. It's really complicated. I would that is almost impossible. Not only me, on Discord every day show up someone aks for help and giving up later because it's very close to impossible. It should be really easy. Just a .EXE installer, 1 config page and done. Just like any other program.

[@wizdude]

The latest version of Rustdesk is now available as an appimage. I haven’t tried it out as yet.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It is indeed. I have had no issues with it so far on a Kubuntu 22.04 system, but haven't tried it on any others yet. I know some folks have reported some problems, but I hope they'll continue to refine it and make it available.

[@rtpman1953]

Great video and I have it saved as I'll want to come back in the future and set up a server. I've been using Rustdesk for about 3 months. I have one windows 11 machine that won't seem to allow me to do unattended connect. I have to have that person click Accept. All my windows 10 machines let me connect unattended. I like Rustdesk's display better than Anydesk.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Awesome! I have really enjoyed using it, and am looking forwrad to their next update.

[@PongoXBongo]

Just tested the Windows client and it looks like it first runs as a portable app, with the in-app option to fully install it. Great for one-off assistance tasks.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Yep, it's really flexible.

[@knightwolf8877]

Hey looking at your setup can I ask about the KDE middle sitting bottom bar... How did you set that up .....also the system monitor you have in the main bar, can you point me in the direction of what that is

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

The system monitor was a widget I added. I think it was just in the main widgets list for taskbar widgets. The centered task bar icons was just editing the taskbar, and adding a spacer to the left and right of the taskbar. This forces it to center essentially.

[@yourpcmd]

This is way better than Remotely. Gonna give it a shot. The only thing I see that it doesn't have is unattended access. Edit: I've contacted the developer to see if they could do a modified version of the Rustdesk exe for Windows to auto-connect to my server instead of explaining to everyone how to change the connection server. Also, there is no way I see to do actions on the remote computer like Ctrl + Alt + Del.

[@yourpcmd]

I figured unattended access out. 😄

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Yeah you can just remember the password for the machine or enter it each time. And at the top there are some special actions in a lightning bolt icon I believe, when you are connected.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Great questions, btw.

[@yourpcmd]

@@AwesomeOpenSource have you figured out the Address Book yet? It asks for a username and password, yet I don't have it. There is nothing on their website about either.

[@donkeymedic]

crtl+alt+t will usually open default terminal in Linux. At least in Debian systems

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

It does indeed. Great tip, thank you.

[@captainchaos3667]

This needs some protections against being used by scammers. For instance it should tell users where the person connecting is located. And it should _not_ have features such as blanking the user's screen or disabling their mouse and keyboard.

[@joefratianni8693]

Yes it should. Working remotely to fix problems and the last thing needed is the end user jumping in. I've had countless times when I haven't disabled end user input (teamviewer feature) and the customer jumps on and starts doing stuff. Just because a feature can be abused doesn't mean it shouldn't be there.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I agree with both of these ideas. Yes, it sucks that scammers can also use these tools, but I love that these tools are available. Best thing to do is make the suggestion for enhancement on the Github for Rustdesk.

[@stevenrose7775]

I want to know if that web portal @31:16 is some sort of pre-canned dashboard I can setup for my own home lab. I have never seen that one before. (Edit: oh and I just discovered your channel... so far I like your content. Subscribed!)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Check out my videos on Dashy. That's my Dashboard. Glad you like the channel, and Welcome!

[@fmo94jos8v3]

No, you must pay for the license to obtain it, and that source code is missing from the repository. If you buy a license you must accept running precompiled binaries on your system that has the address book and possibly malicious code. In otherwords, partly open source, until you pay $120 a year to host it all yourself and maintain it. What a rip off. They claim only business users would want/need an address book which is pure BS I am personal and would need it too. I have many many computers, and get banned from Anydesk/Teamviewer because they claim wrongly that I am a business. Basically strong arming me to buy a business license when I am not a business. I decided go eff yourselves and uninstalled. When I asked about this, they not only closed the ticket, they locked it from anyone else being able to view it, because they were getting pushback on their stupid licensing scheme. When I opened another ticket under "ask a question" they then removed the "ask a question" as an option from the issue ticket database. They are censoring the licensing talks because people keep questioning it and they're so petty they're removing contact options.

[@perfecto25]

Ive been using RD for past 3 months or so, and its fantastic, this is my go to remote desktop tool, not using TV anymore. We deployed RD to all our corporate mac laptops and have our own relay server.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

That is awesome! It's great to own your own data and security. Make sure to drop a few bucks on their donation site from your company if you can...keep RustDesk open and going. Best!

[@pitaluke1995]

thanks for asking for the app image version. as pop os swiched to pipewire and the .deb version of rustdesk depends pulseaudio and i cant seem to get that for pop 22.04

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Pop, out of the box uses Wayland as well, so you'll have to switch it to xorg for Rustdesk at this time.

[@IT_Stuff]

Well done, this is a great video. I was able to set it up by following along. Is there a web admin interface like the paid version has?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

No, nothing as far as web admin that I'm aware of.

[@legendz78]

Very cool, looks like its almost based off same software as Anydesk

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I think the concept is for it to be similar enough that it's easy for someone to switch if they want to.

[@vzool]

31:17 Nice, What is the application you use to follow all your "Home Lab" stuff?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I use Dashy. I have a couple of videos on how to set it up and use it. It's really great!

[@vzool]

Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@cattivello]

Hi. Thanks to you, I am using RustDesk to help my family and friends. I like to step up now and I have signed up for the Oracle cloud free tear. I installed ubuntu and installed Rust desk self hosted. However, since I like to use that Oracle server for more services and docker stacks, I like to use Nginx Reverse Proxy. The situation I have now is that I dont know how to forward all the needed ports also for the security part of it. Any chance you can create a small tutorial how to use Nginx for services that run several ports for a single app/self hosted server? Thanks i advance anyway.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I think you can try to proxy those ports, but you need to add more entries in the 2nd tab of NGinX proxy Manager (Custom Locations). I haven't tried it myself, but I think it should work.

[@stevenwinderlich2891]

ODOO is an amazing alternative to SAP and can be self hosted as well :)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I'll check out ODOO again. it was one I looked a couple of years ago, but just didn't get into at the time. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@stevenwinderlich2891]

@@AwesomeOpenSource many companies could actually save tons of cash and improve security and privacy by using Linux and open source. an entire state here in Germany banned Microsoft 365 out of schools unless it can be proven it's usable GDPR compliant. Good luck on that..... Another state announced starting plans to get away from Microsoft and US tech giants and one other is already working on that for years now

[@asloz1276]

Great Thk! difficult to use without a 443 port :(

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

For this, you really just need the ports 21115 through 21119 forwarded through your firewall to the server. Several TCP, and I believe 21116 is UDP an dTCP.

[@Mynty100]

Wicked video. got this working inside my network. But trying to get this work through KEMP load balancer and cloudflare proxy. Any recommandations or video on who one might get this setup?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You'll have to ask over on the RustDesk forums, or their reddit page. I'm not real sure how to get it to run through all of that.

[@PeterBatah]

Thank you Brian. I assume that remembering the password is pretty much like unattended access. What about Privacy mode where the remote screen goes black or goes to the lock screen once we have connected. Similar to what happens when using Microsoft's Remote desktop.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

For remote access, I have been prompted when the desktop locks, or is not yet logged on for a user, and I have been able to enter login credentials. Can't say that will always be the case, but so far it seems to work fine for me.

[@PeterBatah]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Would be nice if we had the option to have the remote desktop immediately go to the lock screen upon initial connection. There are times when the person sitting on the remote side need not see what tasks are being performed by the host (me in this case) 😁

[@fmo94jos8v3]

@@PeterBatah If you'd seen the tech support scammers do their thing, you wouldn't say that. Screen blanking is a terrible feature used primarily by scammers in Kolkata.

[@imranxp]

We've been self-hosting ScreenConnect out of data-center for over a decade, we pay yearly for maintenance on Screen-Connect to access updates/patches and honestly haven't found anything better thus far.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

If a tool works well for you, and you don't have an urgent need to switch, then I say use it. If, however, you decide you might want to try something new, and roll it out slowly, then check out some Open Source options.

[@jordana.f.4422]

That’s pretty neat that it’s open source and can be self hosted. I use RDM even though it isn’t open source, it has so much capability that it’s basically impossible to find an alternative.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Maybe this one is worth a shot.

[@fmo94jos8v3]

Partly open, partly closed source you mean. Not fully open source.

[@m-electronics5977]

Great Software. Rport don't work in my case. Thanks for publishing this video.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You bet, hope it helps.

[@dav1dw]

great video! their documentation is lacking. I couldn't even find how to configure the client.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

That's a place someone could help them out eventually if they were looking for a way to contribute back. Documentation is so important these days.

[@ichigoofy]

Does all the traffic proxy through the server, or once the connection is established it redirects the traffic directly from support person to rust client?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I believe all traffic is relayed through the server, but don't quote me on that. I only come to that conclusion as there are really 2 servers that are spun up in the docker side... a Rendezvous Server, for finding other clients, and a Relay server...the "Relay" name makes me think its' relaying all traffic.

[@chowcarrie9522]

@@AwesomeOpenSource No, it tries P2P with NAT first, only relay if NAT fails.

[@yohannesephrem9096]

Another great open-source tool. Thanks for introducing this gem to us. My question is can I just test it using my Fedora machine with docker or should I have to adhere to your script which forces us to use the operating systems listed up there? Thanks again!

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

You should be able to run any distribution you want for the server if it runs Docker.

[@yohannesephrem9096]

@@AwesomeOpenSource Thanks!

[@hycron1234]

Thank you, that worked perfectly! Now perhaps I won't have to spend $99 usd on splashtop 🤔

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Glad I could help!

[@northpoint1039]

Seems to work really well on my local lan. If your going to host on your own server what are the security implications as per hacking the open ports?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

If you want to access it via the internet, I highly recommend looking at their instructions for using the encryption key as well. You can find it in their docs here. rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/install/#key As for the open ports, you do have some risk if running it on your home lab, but you can choose which ports to open, and set them accordingly in the docker-compose file. Not really mitigation, but this is how the client softwrae communicates to the server.

[@northpoint1039]

@@AwesomeOpenSource I have been looking for something like this for over a year as I bleed to TV. Iam using the pub key combo setup during install. I am not going to run it in a docker but on possibly a VM like I am now or just bare metal. I have a HP 350 server in the role of a firewall. Currently, I use TV for my company. I just wonder how secure the ports are from being hacked. I understand that rust is pretty resilient. Just wondering about any security hardening that should be done. I want to thank you very much for your video and I have now subscribed to your channel. I will donate to 'the cause' of course as long as it does not get abandoned. That would leave me in a spot.

[@chrisschneider7609]

This is great. I want to set it up for my company. Like TeamViewer, but we need access to remote machines (without the client giving us something) from an address book is this a thing?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

I would say if you are looking for an RMM (Remote Machine Management) check out my latest video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eouTgJatnMZnadk where I compare 4 open source tools for this, and see if you like one of the others better.

[@knightwolf8877]

Im wondering what system monitor you have in your kde windows bar?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

That is just their built in Network monitoring widget.

[@aLittleOtaku]

this is great! The only problem with self hosted is, that it is harder to setup the client on the endusers side (especially over the phone). So it's not rlly suited for remote techsupport.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

For the Windows users (still the vast majority of users), in their docs they tell you to change the client file name to include the server address, and the encryption key, thus when it's run / installed on the client machine it automatically uses your self hosted server. May that will help you with this. Would love to see the same option for Linux.

[@fmo94jos8v3]

It doesn't have to be, if these devs were smart there would be a way to preconfigure the binaries you send to your grandmother to contact your servers. These devs are so busy figuring out how to get you to pay $120/year to self host they can't see the simple solutions.

[@j4nch]

Does it work for unnattended access? My biggest usecase those day is access my workstation from my laptop, or my office computer from home(or vice-versa). Also, is it possible to black out the screen when connected? Because if I work remotely, I don't want the people in the room to see my screen if I forgot to shutdown the screens.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Yes it is. Just get the password, then the first time you login through a remote connection, you tell RustDesk to save the password. In the future connections, it's a simple click to connect.

[@domiflichi]

And if you connect to another computer on the same network it looks like it sets you up with a direct connection (when using your own server anyway)...very cool

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Indeed. It is very cool stuff, and has been a great tool for me personally.

[@daniellopes2754]

Is there a panel at the server to monitor connections or at least a list that shows connected clients?

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Not at this time, no. I think it's something they may consider for future releases.

[@daniellopes2754]

@@AwesomeOpenSource thx! And it is an awesome tool! Great explanations!

[@northpoint1039]

I am finishing up setting up RustDesk as a daemon so that it starts via systemd on startup. If anyone wants info on this for linux reply here and suggest a forum for further discussion. I am probably going to post a howto in the linux mint forum after a while.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

That is awesome!. You might also post it to the RustDesk team to look into for the application / appimage itself. And feel free to post it on a channel over at discuss.opensourceisawesome.com

[@northpoint1039]

@@AwesomeOpenSource I have tried to get on your discuss server and for some reason I cannot get on it. I would love to share everything I have so far. I have it now setup as a service so the server starts whenever there is a reboot or crash of the software via systemd. I am now going thru opening it up to the www. I am a bit worried about port attacks on the server end. So, I am looking at fail2ban a bit. :) I will try and get on your server again. Some reason it does not like me :(

[@Mr76Pontiac]

There's problems with your installer, as of 2022-07-10 working from the net-installer version of Debian 11.3. 1> Need to make sure lsb-release is installed. 2> Need to make sure sure curl is installed. 3> I don't know if I ran into Portainer problems because of the above issues, but I had to restart portainer by running [ docker stop {id} ] then [ docker start {id} ] as root. (Later I find out that there's some kind of timer on the initial setup even before getting logged in for the first time which kills the portainer instance)

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Let me see if I can address these.

[@songsawesome8d]

at 19:10 you mentioned about customizing the client app. Please elaborate how to do it.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

On my follow up video, i talk about how you can setup the security keys for Rustdesk, and how to rename the windows executable to have the keys auto discovered from the filename. Check out that video for more information on it.

[@songsawesome8d]

@@AwesomeOpenSource got you. Still any help regarding my concern will be appreciated