Remote Linux desktop access from Cockpit

[christosdaggas]

Hey everyone,

I built this plugin for my own personal use and thought I’d post it here in case someone else finds it useful too.

It lets you access your Linux desktop directly from Cockpit in the browser. It uses Apache Guacamole’s JavaScript client and connects to guacd through Cockpit’s authenticated, TLS-encrypted connection, so there is no need for a separate Guacamole web application, Tomcat, or externally exposed VNC/RDP ports.

It supports RDP through GNOME Remote Desktop, VNC where available, service controls, health checks and logs, fullscreen and view-only modes, and clipboard support.

I’ve only tested it on Fedora 44 so far. If you try it on another distribution or platform, I’d be really interested to hear how it goes.

Any feedback is welcome especially around security, bugs, usability, missing features, or anything else that could make it better. Feel free to open an issue or leave a comment.

Repository:

https://github.com/christosdaggas/cockpitremote

[jelly]

Cool we have a project showcase in our website, see this pull request on how to add your own project to our website.

[mrEnmi]

This is absolutely amazing! I have two questions cause I didn't see them referenced in the page.
1: I didn't see Wayland support listed. Is this compatible or does it require an X11 setup?
2: Is there any possibility to prepare a deb package at all? I love Fedora, but I have most of my computers setup with Debian architectures. I'm going to try and test this out by compiling it for now and hope it works great!