Ubuntu Desktop (GNOME) Dockerfile

This repository contains the Dockerfile and associated files for setting up a container with Ubuntu, GNOME and TigerVNC for Docker.

• The VNC Server currently defaults to 1366*768 24bit.

Dependencies

• ubuntu:16.04

Installation

1. Install Docker.

   For an Ubuntu 16.04 host the following commands will get you up and running:

   #install docker-ce from Docker official site step by step

2. You can then pull the file:

   sudo docker pull Lvious/dockerfile-ubuntu-gnome

   Or alternatively build an image from the Dockerfile:

   sudo docker build -t="Lvious/dockerfile-ubuntu-gnome" github.com/Lvious/Dockerfile-Ubuntu-Gnome

Usage

Starting

• Change the port number to run multiple instances on the same host (remeber to open the ports for tcp ingress)

• this will run and drop you into a session:

  sudo docker run -it --rm -p 5901:5901 Lvious/dockerfile-ubuntu-gnome

• or for silent running:

  sudo docker run -it -d -p 5901:5901 Lvious/dockerfile-ubuntu-gnome

Connecting to instance

• Connect to vnc://<host>:5901 via your VNC client. currently the password is hardcoded to "acoman"

Notes

• You can use the following command from within the container to kill the vnc server:

  USER=root vncserver -kill :1

• Then run the following command from within the container to restart start the vnc server, the flags are optional but pretty self explanatory.

  USER=root vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24