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Installing rustdesk (even though version number might be higher) on Wayland can lead to error <code>"failed to create capturer for display 0"</code>, while rustdesk-flutter on the same PC can work fine. | |||
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</syntaxhighlight>The key is stored at: /var/lib/private/rustdesk/id_ed25519.pub | </syntaxhighlight>The key is stored at: /var/lib/private/rustdesk/id_ed25519.pub | ||
[https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server | [https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server/tree/235a3c326ceb665e941edb50ab79faa1208f7507#env-variables Some settings may only be set via ENV variables] like this: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nixos"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nixos"> | ||
systemd.services.rustdesk-signal.environment.ALWAYS_USE_RELAY = "Y"; | systemd.services.rustdesk-signal.environment.ALWAYS_USE_RELAY = "Y"; | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:17, 19 July 2026
RustDesk is a remote desktop remote maintenance software. It can be used with the official server as well as with a self-hosted server (better confidentiality and availability). Open source client and server are included in nixpkgs. RustDesk offers an improved server for self-hosting in the rental model (not included in nixpkgs).
Client
There are two versions of the client available rustdesk (deprecated) and rustdesk-flutter (more recent). They do not need any changes in the configuration to be used with the official server.
To use the client with a custom server, it is necessary to change in the network preferences (burger menu --> network):
ID-Server: [enter IP or domain name of server]
Relay-Server: [Enter IP or domain name of server]
API-Server: [leave blank]
Key: [Copy the content from /var/lib/private/rustdesk/id_ed25519.pub]Installing rustdesk (even though version number might be higher) on Wayland can lead to error "failed to create capturer for display 0", while rustdesk-flutter on the same PC can work fine.
Server
There are only a few options necessary to run a RustDesk server:
services.rustdesk-server = {
enable = true;
openFirewall = true;
signal.relayHosts = ["example.com"];
};
The key is stored at: /var/lib/private/rustdesk/id_ed25519.pub
Some settings may only be set via ENV variables like this:
systemd.services.rustdesk-signal.environment.ALWAYS_USE_RELAY = "Y";