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https://github.com/rogaha/docker-desktop
Docker Desktop enables you to create virtual desktops that can be accessed remotely. It comes with Firefox and Libreoffice already installed!
https://github.com/rogaha/docker-desktop
desktop docker docker-desktop firefox libreoffice rootless ssh xpra
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Docker Desktop enables you to create virtual desktops that can be accessed remotely. It comes with Firefox and Libreoffice already installed!
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/rogaha/docker-desktop
- Owner: rogaha
- Created: 2013-06-29T03:32:51.000Z (about 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-07-15T21:26:48.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-06-03T09:45:09.328Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: desktop, docker, docker-desktop, firefox, libreoffice, rootless, ssh, xpra
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 4.43 MB
- Stars: 1,148
- Watchers: 70
- Forks: 286
- Open Issues: 26
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
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README
DOCKER-DESKTOP
==============
## Description
This Dockerfile creates a docker image and once it's executed it creates a container that runs X11 and SSH services.
The ssh is used to forward X11 and provide you encrypted data communication between the docker container and your local machine.
Xpra + Xephyr allows to display the applications running inside of the container such as Firefox, LibreOffice, xterm, etc. with recovery connection capabilities. Xpra also uses a custom protocol that is self-tuning and relatively latency-insensitive, and thus is usable over worse links than standard X.
The applications can be rootless, so the client machine manages the windows that are displayed.
Fluxbox and ROX-Filer creates a very minimalist way to manage windows and files.
OBS: The client machine needs to have a X11 server installed (Xpra). See the "Notes" below.
## Docker Installation
### On Ubuntu:
Docker is available as a Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive), hosted on launchpad which makes installing Docker on Ubuntu very easy.
```
# Add the PPA sources to your apt sources list.
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties && sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dotcloud/lxc-docker
# Update your sources
sudo apt-get update
# Install, you will see another warning that the package cannot be authenticated. Confirm install.
sudo apt-get install lxc-docker
```
### On Windows:
Requirements:
- Installation Tutorial (http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/installation/windows/)
### On Mac OS X:
Requirements:
- Installation Tutorial (http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/installation/vagrant/)
## Installation
### Building the docker image
```
$ docker build -t rogaha/docker-desktop git://github.com/rogaha/docker-desktop.git
OR
$ git clone https://github.com/rogaha/docker-desktop.git
$ cd docker-desktop
$ docker build -t [username]/docker-desktop .
```
### Running the docker image created (-d: detached mode, -P: expose the port 22 on the host machine)
```
$ CONTAINER_ID=$(docker run -d -P [username]/docker-desktop)
```
### Getting the password generated during runtime
```
$ echo $(docker logs $CONTAINER_ID | sed -n 1p)
User: docker Password: xxxxxxxxxxxx
# where xxxxxxxxxxxx is the password created by PWGen that contains at least one capital letter and one number
```
## Usage
### Getting the container's external ssh port
```
$ docker port $CONTAINER_ID 22
49153 # This is the external port that forwards to the ssh service running inside of the container as port 22
```
### Connecting to the container
#### Starting the a new session
```
$ ifconfig | grep "inet addr:"
inet addr:192.168.56.102 Bcast:192.168.56.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 # This is the LAN's IP for this machine
$ ssh [email protected] -p 49153 "sh -c './docker-desktop -s 800x600 -d 10 > /dev/null 2>&1 &'" # Here is where we use the external port
[email protected]'s password: xxxxxxxxxxxx
$ ./docker-desktop -h
-----------------------------------------------------------
Usage: docker-desktop [-s screen_size] [-d session_number]
-s : screen resolution (Default = 800x600
-d : session number (Default = 10)
-h : help
-----------------------------------------------------------
```
#### Attaching to the session started
```
$ xpra --ssh="ssh -p 49153" attach ssh:[email protected]:10 # user@ip_address:session_number
[email protected]'s password: xxxxxxxxxxxx
```
If you want to execute rootless programs, you just need to connect to the container via ssh and type:
DISPLAY=:[session_number] [program_name] &
Eg. DISPLAY=:10 firefox &
## Notes
### On Windows:
Requirements:
- Xpra <= 14.0 (https://www.xpra.org/dists/windows/)
- Path: C:\Program Files(x86)\Xpra\Xpra_cmd.exe
### On OS X:
Requirements:
- Xpra Version <= 14.0 (https://www.xpra.org/dists/osx/x86/)
- Path: /Applications/Xpra.app/Contents/Helpers/xpra
### On Linux:
Requirements:
- Xpra: You can use apt-get to install it -> apt-get install xpra
- Path: /usr/bin/xpra