docker-ubuntu-vnc

A docker image of Ubuntu with Xfce desktop and VNC support.

Tags

Different tags of this image are based on different versions of ubuntu.

Currently available tags:

• latest: based on ubuntu:lastest
• 18.04: based on ubuntu:18.04
• 16.04: based on ubuntu:16.04

Usage

Simple usage:

docker run -d -p 5900:5900 -p 6080:6080 -e VNC_PASSWD=password dcsunset/ubuntu-vnc

Then visit http://localhost:6080 to visit noVNC UI. Or you can use a different VNC client (like TigerVNC client) and connect to localhost:5900.

If VNC_PASSWD is not set, then the security type of vncserver is set to None, it is insecure when exposing the container on the Internet.

Exposed ports

• 5900: Used for VNC interface
• 6080: Used for noVNC Web UI

Installed applications

To make the image lightweight, only the following applications are installed by default:

• Xfce desktop
• TigerVNC server
• noVNC
• wget
• Python3
• Vim
• Chromium browser

Build

To use the latest Ubuntu image:

docker build -t ubuntu-vnc .

Or specify a version:

docker build --build-arg VERSION=18.04 -t ubuntu-vnc .

FAQ

Fonts

If non-latin characters are not displayed well, install the font packs based on your needs.

To install the Indian font pack:

apt-get install fonts-indic

To install the CJK font pack:

apt-get install fonts-noto-cjk

To install the international font pack:

apt-get install fonts-noto

Scaling

By default, noVNC's scaling mode is set to None. It can be changed in the noVNC panel easily.

License

MIT License