Self-hosted remote desktop relay and rendezvous server
CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS image by Lynxroute · unique credentials at first boot · CVE-scanned · SBOM and CIS report inside
| Cloud | Version | Software price | Last build | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Marketplace EC2 AMI · all commercial regions | 1.1.16 | $0.03/hr Recommended instance: t3.small · 5-day free trial | 2026-09-04 | Listing ↗ |
| Azure Marketplace VM image · plan payg-gen2 · Gen2 | 1.1.16 | $0.028/vCPU/hr Recommended VM: Standard_D2s_v3 | 2026-07-22 | Listing ↗ |
Software price only; cloud infrastructure is billed separately by the provider. Prices in USD.
| Base OS | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS |
| Hardening | CIS Level 1, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (tailored) |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Upstream | Purslane Ltd. |
| Machine-readable | product.json · catalog.json |
RustDesk Server is the self-hosted backend for the RustDesk remote-desktop client - a pair of Rust binaries (hbbs rendezvous service and hbbr relay service) that coordinate peer-to-peer connections between RustDesk desktop and mobile clients without going through any public infrastructure. The rendezvous service assigns peer IDs, exchanges public keys and brokers NAT hole-punching; the relay service forwards the encrypted session when direct connections fail. End-to-end encryption is signed by an Ed25519 keypair generated per instance, so clients can verify they are talking to your server and not a public one. Local SQLite for peer ID registration. AGPL-3.0 license - community alternative to TeamViewer and AnyDesk SaaS, all session metadata stays inside your VPC.
Security hardening:
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
Compliance artifacts:
Credentials are generated at first boot and written to /root/rustdesk-server-credentials.txt.
# subscribe once on the AWS Marketplace listing, then:
aws ec2 run-instances \
--image-id resolve:ssm:/aws/service/marketplace/prod-5uuqnqbcdxcss/latest \
--instance-type t3.small --key-name my-key --security-group-ids sg-xxxxxxxx# accept the plan terms once, then:
az vm image terms accept --publisher lynxroute --offer rustdesk-server --plan payg-gen2
az vm create -g my-rg -n rustdesk-server --size Standard_D2s_v3 \
--image lynxroute:rustdesk-server:payg-gen2:latest --admin-username azureuser --generate-ssh-keys
The most recent release with notes; the full release history is in product.json.