Remmina

Remmina is the default remote desktop client in the C2 Ansible development environment.

The C2 Ansible development environment is based on Ubuntu 24.04, the default operating system. Remmina is included in the Ubuntu repositories and is therefore the recommended choice for remote desktop access.

You can install Remmina using the command below or from the App Center on Ubuntu 24.04:

sudo apt install remmina -y

Accessing Vagrant boxes is straightforward using vagrant ssh <box>, regardless of whether the box is based on VirtualBox, LXD, Windows, or Linux. Using RDP is slightly more involved: to define a Remmina connection you must specify username vagrant, password vagrant, and the IP address of the node.

For VirtualBox VMs you can use the built-in viewer (“Show”), but experience shows that clipboard integration and other features work more reliably with Remmina. Remmina also works well with LXD VMs that have xrdp installed, such as pxd-ubuntu-devtop.

The how-to guides below demonstrate Remmina usage. The first covers pxd-ubuntu-devtop, which simulates the Ansible development desktop used in the PHX domain (an LXD VM running Ubuntu 24.04 desktop). The second shows how to connect to the Windows Server 2022 domain controller pxd-ad to log in and manage or inspect Active Directory.

• Set Up Ansible with Kerberos on a PHX Development Desktop
• Setup Microsft AD domain contoller

For more information, see Remmina remote desktop client  .