vrdp on headless server won't connect until guestos is installed

[wesleykonrad]

Hi,

I have a headless server running on Ubuntu 18.04 server. VirtualBox is version 5.2.32

I create a new VM, setup vrdp to on and set the port (I have tried multiple ports in the 4000-6000 range) and start the vm in headless mode.

When I try to connect using RDP, I get an error that the connection can't be made. I have tried using Remmina, Gnome Remote Desktop Viewer and MS Remote Desktop Connection. They all have the same results. I have tried this using different Linux/BSD distributions as well as windows as the guest OS (although since I can't finish the installation, it is just really the presets). The results are consistent no matter the guestOS I have tried.

HOWEVER...

If I create a VM on my laptop (with the gui) and install the guest OS, and export the appliance to the headless server. The VM boots properly and I can successfully connect to the VM using an RDP viewer.

The laptop is also running Ubuntu 18.04 but with a desktop installed obviously

Any help/guidance is appreciated.

[socratis]

I have a headless server running on Ubuntu 18.04 server. VirtualBox is version 5.2.32

I would first of all test it on your normal desktop, making sure that you have all the steps correctly written down, then test the recipe to the headless one.

As per having a guest OS installed, I'm sorry, but what you're describing doesn't make sense. There's nothing that depends on the guest to have the RDP working, it's a host-only issue. There's something else that's different between the working and the not-working VMs. Are the RDP ports the same?

I have tried multiple ports in the 4000-6000 range

And why are you trying in different ranges? Can't the default 3389 work for you?