Version: G3v6
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This GitHub repository contains resources and tools for building Docker images for headless working.
The images are based on the current Debian 12 and the previous Debian 11 and include Xfce desktop, TigerVNC server and noVNC client. The popular web browsers Chromium and Firefox are also included.
This User guide describes the images and how to use them.
The content of this GitHub project is intended for developers and image builders.
Ordinary users can simply use the images available in the following repositories on Docker Hub:
This project has been derived from the sibling project accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-g3 containing similar images based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 20.04 LTS.
You can execute the individual hook scripts in the folder /docker/hooks/. However, the provided utilities are more convenient.
The script builder.sh builds individual images. The script ci-builder.sh can build various groups of images or all of them at once.
Before building the images you have to prepare and source the file secrets.rc (see example-secrets.rc).
Features that are enabled by default can be explicitly disabled via environment variables. This allows building even smaller images by excluding the individual features (e.g. noVNC).
The resources for building the individual images and their variations (tags) are in the subfolders of the /docker/ folder.
The individual README files contain quick examples of building the images:
Each image also has a separate README file intended for Docker Hub. The final files should be generated by the utility util-readme.sh and then copied to Docker Hub manually.
The following resources describe the image building subject in details:
- readme-local-building-example.md
- readme-builder.md
- readme-ci-builder.md
- readme-g3-cache.md
- readme-util-readme-examples.md
- sibling Wiki
This is the third generation (G3) of my headless images. The second generation (G2) contains the GitHub repository accetto/xubuntu-vnc-novnc. The first generation (G1) contains the GitHub repository accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce.
This file describes the sixth version (G3v6) of the project.
However, also this version keeps evolving. Please check the CHANGELOG for more information about the changes.
The previous versions are still available in this GitHub repository as the branches named as archived-generation-g3v{d}.
Remark: The version numbers G3v2, G3v3 and G3v4 have been skipped, to align the numbering with the sibling project accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-g3.
The main purpose of the version G3v6 is to keep the project and the images uniform with the ones from the sibling Ubuntu projects.
The version G3v5 has brought only one significant change comparing to the previous version G3v1.
- The updated script
set_user_permissions.sh, which is part of Dockerfiles, skips the hidden files and directories now. It generally should not have any unwanted side effects, but it may make a difference in some scenarios, hence the version increase.
Please refer to the sibling project to learn more about the older project versions.
Please refer to the sibling project to learn more about the project goals.
Please refer to the sibling project to learn more about the project features.
If you have found a problem or you just have a question, please check the User guide, Issues and the sibling Wiki first. Please do not overlook the closed issues.
If you do not find a solution, you can file a new issue. The better you describe the problem, the bigger the chance it'll be solved soon.
If you have a question or an idea and you don't want to open an issue, you can use the sibling Discussions.
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