Overview
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS RUSTDESK SERVER
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.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- Ed25519 keypair generated per instance at first boot
- Both hbbs and hbbr run as dedicated non-root system user
- UFW firewall - only required ports (21115, 21116 TCP+UDP, 21117)
- fail2ban, AppArmor
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
- CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
- auditd, SSH hardening, Kernel hardening, IMDSv2 enforced
Compliance artifacts:
- SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
- RustDesk Server self-hosted: Ed25519 keypair generated per instance at first boot, both hbbs and hbbr in one AMI - your remote desktop sessions never touch public RustDesk infrastructure.
- CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
- End-to-end encrypted sessions: the relay server only passes encrypted traffic - session content is never visible to the relay. AGPL-3.0 license, fully auditable.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.small Recommended | $0.02 |
t3.micro | $0.01 |
t3.medium | $0.02 |
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We do not offer refunds for this product. AWS infrastructure charges (EC2, EBS, data transfer) are billed separately by AWS and are not refundable by us.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Version 1.1.15 - Initial release (April 2026)
- RustDesk Server 1.1.15 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (hbbs + hbbr)
- CIS Level 1 hardening applied (ansible-lockdown/UBUNTU24-CIS)
- Ed25519 keypair generated per instance at first boot
- Both services run as dedicated non-root system user
- UFW firewall pre-configured (ports 22, 21115, 21116 TCP+UDP, 21117 only)
- fail2ban, auditd, AppArmor pre-configured
- SBOM (CycloneDX 1.6) at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report (OpenSCAP) at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- IMDSv2 enforced
Additional details
Usage instructions
- Launch instance (t3.small recommended)
- Open Security Group - ports 21115, 21116 TCP+UDP, 21117 TCP from 0.0.0.0/0
- SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
- Read credentials: sudo cat /root/rustdesk-server-credentials.txt
- In RustDesk client: Settings - Network - ID/Relay Server: set IP and key
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Visit us online: https://lynxroute.com For RustDesk Server documentation: https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/ For RustDesk upstream issues (bugs, features, client behavior): https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/issues
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