docker-novnc
This is a minimal image which will help you run X server with openbox on the docker container and access it from ANY recent browser without requiring you to do any configuration on the client side.
Use Cases
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Provide system application accessible over the web easily. Lets say you want to demo a software which runs on your pc over internet without requiring the clients to install any softwares like Teamviwer,etc.
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You can use this to create a simple use & throw linux envinronment with GUI over cloud or any VPS /Server or even at your laptop.
Especially useful if you have to give access to your friends who come over for facebook/twittering at your PC. :)
How to use
docker run -td -p 6080:6080 zerodivide1/docker-novnc
#Or if you like to build yourself
git clone https://github.com/zerodivide1/docker-novnc.git
cd docker-novnc
docker build -t novnc .
docker run -td -p 6080:6080 novnc
Now visit
http://kanaka.github.io/noVNC/noVNC/vnc.html and enter
Host as your Public IP of your docker host/server. Post = 6080 Leave password as blank and click connect you should see a nice display within your browser, just right click and open terminal or firefox.
For access within lan / localhost : visit http://localhost:6080 or http://privateip:6080 if you are running it in a local docker host or lan ip . click connect. You are good to go.
This is a minimal Image
This comes only with Firefox & Geany text editor installed if you'd like to have more softwares you can freely install them using apt-get commands
ex: apt-get install libreoffice-base libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-calc
Support
- http://docker.com for all the docker based support.