Docker image with HTML5 VNC interface access to Kali-Linux container LXDE desktop environment.
This Kali Linux Docker image provides a minimal base install of the latest version of the Kali Linux Rolling Distribution. There are no tools added to this image, so you will need to install them yourself. For details about Kali Linux metapackages, check https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-metapackages/
Before building, check the Dockerfile to uncomment or add needed Kali Linux Metapackages
Build the image
docker build -t kali-docker .
Run the docker image and open port 6080
docker run -it -d --rm --name kali-docker -p 6080:80 kali-docker
Browse http://127.0.0.1:6080/
Forward VNC service port 5900 to host by
docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 kali-docker
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 kali-docker
A prompt will ask password either in the browser or vnc viewer.
To get into bash of the running container
sudo docker exec -i -t kali-docker /bin/bash
P.S. If you are going to run container in cloud virtual machine, first run the bellow command to virtual machine in cloud to create ssh tunnel to your virtual machine
ssh -i .ssh/private_key -L 6080:localhost:6080 -L 5900:localhost:5900 user@IP