docker-desktop-vnc

docker-desktop-vnc is a Docker image to provide web VNC interface to access Ubuntu LXDE/LxQT desktop environment.

• Quick Start
• VNC Viewer
• HTTP Base Authentication
• SSL
• Screen Resolution
• Default Desktop User

Quick Start

Run the docker container and access with port 6080

docker run -p 6080:80 -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm -v ${PWD}/storage:/root elestio/docker-desktop-vnc

Browse http://your_ip:6080/

VNC Viewer

Forward VNC service port 5900 to host by

docker run -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm -v ${PWD}/storage:/root elestio/docker-desktop-vnc

Now, open the vnc viewer and connect to port 5900. If you would like to protect vnc service by password, set environment variable VNC_PASSWORD, for example

docker run -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 -e VNC_PASSWORD=mypassword -v ${PWD}/storage:/root elestio/docker-desktop-vnc

A prompt will ask password either in the browser or vnc viewer.

HTTP Base Authentication

This image provides base access authentication of HTTP via HTTP_PASSWORD

docker run -p 6080:80 -e HTTP_PASSWORD=mypassword -v ${PWD}/storage:/root elestio/docker-desktop-vnc

SSL

To connect with SSL, generate self signed SSL certificate first if you don't have it

mkdir -p ssl
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ssl/nginx.key -out ssl/nginx.crt

Specify SSL port by SSL_PORT, certificate path to /etc/nginx/ssl, and forward it to 6081

docker run -p 6081:443 -e SSL_PORT=443 -v ${PWD}/ssl:/etc/nginx/ssl -v ${PWD}/storage:/root elestio/docker-desktop-vnc

Screen Resolution

The Resolution of virtual desktop adapts browser window size when first connecting the server. You may choose a fixed resolution by passing RESOLUTION environment variable, for example

docker run -p 6080:80 -e RESOLUTION=1920x1080 -v ${PWD}/storage:/root elestio/docker-desktop-vnc

Default Desktop User

The default user is root. You may change the user and password respectively by USER and PASSWORD environment variable, for example,

docker run -p 6080:80 -e USER=doro -e PASSWORD=password -v ${PWD}/storage:/root elestio/docker-desktop-vnc

Credits

This is a fork from: https://github.com/fcwu/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop