An open-source alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk is RustDesk. It offers businesses free remote desktop services on its self-hosted and cloud infrastructure.

Requirements is: OS need Ubuntu 22.04 and Allow udp port 21117 on firewall and OS.

1. Connect to the server via SSH using root access by following the command:

sudo -i

2. Update the Server OS Packages
Make sure that wget is installed on the server. This utility is needed to run the panel installation script. If wget isn’t installed in the OS, execute the following commands to install it:

1. Docker install Commands on Ubuntu 22.04

Step 1: Update the system

The first step is to refresh the repositories. To do so, run the command:

$ sudo apt update

Step 2: Install dependencies

Some dependencies are needed for the installation to go along seamlessly. Therefore, run the following command to install them:

$ sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg-agent ca-certificates software-properties-common -y

Step 3: Install Docker on Ubuntu 22.04

With the requirements installed, the next step is to install Docker. We will install the Docker Community Edition ( Docker  CE ) which is opensource and free to download and use.

To do so, we will add the GPGK key

$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Since Ubuntu 22.04 is yet to be officially released, add the repository for Ubuntu 20.04 Stable.

$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable"

With the GPG key and the repository added, run the following command to install Docker and associated packages.

$ sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y

Step 4: Confirm that Docker is installed

To verify that Docker is installed, run the command:

$ docker version

Step 5: Manage Docker Service

By default, Docker autostarts upon installation. To verify this, run the command:

$ sudo systemctl status docker

If, for any reason, Docker is not running, simply execute the following command:

$ sudo systemctl start docker

To enable Docker to start automatically every time on system startup, run the command:

$ sudo systemctl enable docker

To restart Docker  run:

$ sudo systemctl restart docker

the volume that Portainer Server will use to store its database

docker volume create portainer_data

Download and install the Portainer Server container

Next, we will download and install the Portainer container. To do that, use the following:

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer \
    --restart=always \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -v portainer_data:/data \
    portainer/portainer-ce:2.11.1

RustDesk Repository copy:

# useradd rustdesk

# usermod -aG sudo rustdesk

Enter your password

mkdir /rustdesk

cd /rustdesk

nano docker-compose.yaml

version: '3'

networks:
  rustdesk-net:
    external: false

services:
  hbbs:
    container_name: hbbs
    ports:
      - 21115:21115
      - 21116:21116
      - 21116:21116/udp
      - 21118:21118
    image: rustdesk/rustdesk-server:latest
    command: hbbs -r <your-cool.server.com>:21117
    volumes:
      - ./hbbs:/root
    networks:
      - rustdesk-net
    depends_on:
      - hbbr
    restart: unless-stopped

  hbbr:
    container_name: hbbr
    ports:
      - 21117:21117
      - 21119:21119
    image: rustdesk/rustdesk-server:latest
    command: hbbr
    volumes:
      - ./hbbr:/root
    networks:
      - rustdesk-net
    restart: unless-stopped

# press Esc button and type :wq and hit enter

run the server

# sudo docker-compose up -d

3. Install RustDesk on clients and configure the server IP.

Go to RustDesk.com and click the Download button.  If you’re running the client on a Linux machine, you can also try their new Appendage file to see if it will work. Make sure you get the latest release, and look for the .appendage file.

Once downloaded, if you need to run the installer, run it per your Distros requirements.  Windows is a zipped file, with an executable inside, so extract the file, then run the .exe to install.

Once you run the client it will connect to the RustDesk default servers.  You’ll see an ID number and passcode (hidden by default).  Next to the ID you’ll see a 3-dot icon. Click it, and select “ID/Relay Server”.

Allow the rustdesk port  by using the ufw command:

sudo ufw allow 21115
sudo ufw allow 21116
sudo ufw allow 21117
sudo ufw allow 21118
sudo ufw allow 21119

Take care everyone and happy coding.