bpmonline/chrome-vnc

Docker container images with "headless" VNC session

Usage

• Print out help page:

  docker run bpmonline/chrome-vnc --help
  

• Run command with mapping to local port 5901 (vnc protocol) and 6901 (vnc web access):

  docker run -d -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 bpmonline/chrome-vnc
  

• Change the default user and group within a container to your own with adding --user $(id -u):$(id -g):

  docker run -d -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 --user $(id -u):$(id -g) bpmonline/chrome-vnc
  

• If you want to get into the container use interactive mode -it and bash

  docker run -it -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 bpmonline/chrome-vnc bash
  

Connect & Control

If the container is started like mentioned above, connect via one of these options:

• connect via VNC viewer localhost:5901, default password: vncpassword
• connect via noVNC HTML5 full client: http://localhost:6901/vnc.html, default password: vncpassword
• connect via noVNC HTML5 lite client: http://localhost:6901/?password=vncpassword

Hints

1) Override VNC environment variables

The following VNC environment variables can be overwritten at the docker run phase to customize your desktop environment inside the container:

• VNC_COL_DEPTH, default: 24
• VNC_RESOLUTION, default: 1280x1024
• VNC_PW, default: my-pw

1.1) Example: Override the VNC password

Simply overwrite the value of the environment variable VNC_PW. For example in the docker run command:

docker run -it -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 -e VNC_PW=my-pw bpmonline/chrome-vnc

1.2) Example: Override the VNC resolution

Simply overwrite the value of the environment variable VNC_RESOLUTION. For example in the docker run command:

docker run -it -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 -e VNC_RESOLUTION=800x600 bpmonline/chrome-vnc