yantis / docker-thunderbird

Dockerized Thunderbird

docker-thunderbird

On Docker hub thunderbird on Github thunderbird

This container is a fork of yantis/docker-thunderbird. Thanks to him for his work on this.

Usage (Remote SSH)

I run this on DigitalOcean and connect to Thunderbird from anywhere I have SSH. Totally boss.

docker run \
    -d \
		--name thunderbird \
    -v $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys:/authorized_keys:ro \
    -p 49158:22 \
    -v ~/appdata/thunderbird:/home/docker/.thunderbird/ \
    ironicbadger/docker-thunderbird

Breakdown (Remote SSH)

This follows these docker conventions:

• -ti will run an interactive session that can be terminated with CTRL+C.
• --rm will run a temporary session that will make sure to remove the container on exit.
• -v $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys:/authorized_keys:ro Optionaly share your public keys with the host. This is particularlly useful when you are running this on another server that already has SSH. Like an Amazon EC2 instance. WARNING: If you don't use this then it will just default to the user pass of docker/docker (If you do specify authorized keys it will disable all password logins to keep it secure).
• -v ~/docker-data/thunderbird:/home/docker/.thunderbird/ This is where to save your config files.
• yantis/thunderbird the default mode is SSH so no need to run any commands.

Here is a screenshot of Thunderbird running on Docker.

Usage (Local)

The recommended way to run this container looks like this. This example launches Thunderbird seamlessly as if it was another program on your computer.

xhost +si:localuser:$(whoami)
docker run \
        -d \
        -e DISPLAY \
        -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro \
        -u docker \
        -v $HOME/docker-data/thunderbird:/home/docker/.thunderbird/ \
        ironicbadger/docker-thunderbird thunderbird

Breakdown (Local)

$ xhost +si:localuser:yourusername

Allows your local user to access the xsocket. Change yourusername or use $(whoami) or $USER if your shell supports it.

docker run \
           -d \
           -e DISPLAY \
           -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro \
           -u docker \
           -v /:/host \
           -v $HOME/docker-data/thunderbird:/home/docker/.thunderbird/ \
           ironicbadger/docker-thunderbird thunderbird

This follows these docker conventions:

• -d run in daemon mode.
• -e DISPLAY sets the host display to the local machines display.
• -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro bind mounts the X11 socks on your local machine to the containers and makes it read only.
• -u docker sets the user to docker. (or you could do root as well)
• -v ~/docker-data/thunderbird:/home/docker/.thunderbird/ This is where to save your config files.
• yantis/thunderbird thunderbird You need to call thunderbird because if you do not it will a launch the ssh server instead as a default.