FloodShao / ros-melodic-desktop-vnc

This is a docker environment configured under ubuntu 18.04 with ROS melodic dektop full.

ros-melodic-desktop-vnc on docker

• Tested under MacOS 10.13.6

• dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/floodshao/ros-melodic-desktop-vnc

• github: https://github.com/FloodShao/ros-melodic-desktop-vnc

This docker environment is based on :

• osrf/docker_images for melodic_core
• consol/ubuntu-xfce-vnc for ubuntu-1604-vnc-desktop

Build the image from Dockerfile

1. clone the repository in the github here
2. command docker build -t <image_name>/<tag_name> . under the 'Dockerfile' directory.

VNC

Download the vnc viewer client here

Run the image (mind the tag is not 'latest')

1. docker pull floodshao/ros-melodic-desktop-vnc:v1.0 or build your own image
2. docker run -it -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 floodshao/ros-melodic-desktop-vnc:v1.0 /bin/bash
3. You can reference the ubuntu-1604-vnc-desktop for user modification or password modification.
4. open vnc viewer client, type the server address localhost:5901, key in the password: vncpassword
5. open the terminal and test gazebo

File system

The default user name is 'default', with the home dir is /headless. If you want to attach a directory to this docker image, add the -v param in the command as follow:

docker run -it -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 -v /<host_dir>:/<docker_dir> ros_images/melodic-desktop /bin/bash

where <host_dir> is the absolute dir in your host machine, and <docker_dir> is the absolute dir in your docker.

For example, I will use -v /$(pwd)/workspace:/headless/workspace to create a link between the host machine and the docker. After you delete the docker (stop the docker ps), the files in your host machine (as in /$(pwd)/workspace) will not disappear. You can use this feature to load your program locally to your docker environment rather than clone from your git repo each time.