RustDesk Compose File

Overview

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RustDesk is an open-source remote desktop alternative to TeamViewer or AnyDesk — with a key difference:
you can self-host your own relay and rendezvous servers, giving you full control over your connections, privacy, and performance.

In my homelab, I run RustDesk as a pair of Docker containers:

• hbbs – the signal (rendezvous) server that helps clients find each other.
• hbbr – the relay server that forwards encrypted traffic when direct peer-to-peer connections aren’t possible.

Why Host Your Own

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• 🧠 No external dependencies — You own your relay; no third-party servers.
• 🔒 Encrypted connections — TLS with your own key pair.
• 🚀 LAN-level speed for local devices.
• 🧩 Integrates easily with Docker Compose, Traefik, or Nginx Proxy Manager.

Docker Compose Setup

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services:
  hbbs:
    container_name: hbbs
    image: rustdesk/rustdesk-server:latest
    command: hbbs
    volumes:
      - ./data:/root
    network_mode: "host"

    depends_on:
      - hbbr
    restart: unless-stopped

  hbbr:
    container_name: hbbr
    image: rustdesk/rustdesk-server:latest
    command: hbbr
    volumes:
      - ./data:/root
    network_mode: "host"
    restart: unless-stopped