Ubuntu Desktop (GNOME 3) Dockerfile

This repository contains the Dockerfile and associated files for setting up a container with Ubuntu, GNOME 3, TigerVNC and noVNC.

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

Dependencies

• ubuntu:20.04

Usage

Container actions

• Start container:

  sudo docker run --name=ubuntu-gnome -d --rm \
    --tmpfs /run --tmpfs /run/lock --tmpfs /tmp \
    --cgroupns=host --cap-add SYS_BOOT --cap-add SYS_ADMIN \
    -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup \
    -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 \
    darkdragon001/ubuntu-gnome-vnc
  

• Open (root) shell:

  sudo docker exec -it ubuntu-gnome bash
  

• Open shell as user:

  sudo docker exec -it -u default ubuntu-gnome bash
  

• Stop container:

  sudo docker stop ubuntu-gnome
  

Connecting to instance

• Connect to vnc://<host>:5901 via your VNC client.
• Connect to http://<host>:6901 via your web browser.

NOTE The password is hardcoded to acoman.

Using the desktop

• Gain root access via sudo

Known issues

• Sidebar/dock hidden by default
• User switching / gdm3 not working

Not tested

• Sound (PulseAudio)