docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
Docker image to provide HTML5 VNC interface to access Ubuntu 16.04 LXDE desktop environment with added netboot.xyz iso access in directory /iso/netboot.xyz.iso.
Quick Start
Run the docker container and access with port 6080
docker run -p 6080:80 centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
Browse http://127.0.0.1:6080/
VNC Viewer
Forward VNC service port 5900 to host by
docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
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 -it --rm -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 -e VNC_PASSWORD=mypassword centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
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 centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
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 centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
Screen Resolution
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 -p 5900:5900 -e VNC_PASSWORD=mypassword -e RESOLUTION=1920x1080 centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
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 centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
Sound (Preview version and Linux only)
It only works in Linux.
First of all, insert kernel module snd-aloop and specify 2 as the index of sound loop device
sudo modprobe snd-aloop index=2
Start the container
docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 --device /dev/snd -e ALSADEV=hw:2,0 centminmod/docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop
where --device /dev/snd -e ALSADEV=hw:2,0 means to grant sound device to container and set basic ASLA config to use card 2.
Launch a browser with URL http://127.0.0.1:6080/#/?video, where video means to start with video mode. Now you can start Chromium in start menu (Internet -> Chromium Web Browser Sound) and try to play some video.
Following is the screen capture of these operations. Turn on your sound at the end of video!
Dell iDRAC 6 IPMI Java Console Usage
Go into IcedTea web panel and lower the Extended applet security level for java applets
Launch Firefox browser and go to your IPMI web login and add a permenant exception for HTTPS based IPMI login
Launch console and open with IceTea Java Web Start + check trust publisher and content.
Answer yes to run java console applet
Troubleshooting
- boot2docker connection issue, fcwu#2
License
See the LICENSE file for details.