Dockerized CentOS or Ubuntu Desktop with HTML5 noVNC Web Browser Connectivity

[Patrick]

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Dockerized CentOS or Ubuntu Desktop with HTML5 noVNC Web Browser Connectivity - Get a Docker container setup with a CentOS or Ubuntu Desktop that you can connect to with a browser

Here is a nice one for making a Docker container with VNC and noVNC access. noVNC allows you to access the container using a HTML5 web browser so you do not need to install software.

Here is the GitHub of what we are using:

Step 1: Pick CentOS or Ubuntu

Step 2: Launch container:
CentOS

docker run -d -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901 consol/centos-xfce-vnc

Ubuntu

docker run -d -p 5901:5901 -p 6901:6901...

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[MiniKnight]

Crazy fast! You can use DNS instead of IP to connect.

You can also re-map ports and setup multiple, so if you wanted CentOS1, CentOS2, Ubuntu1, Ubuntu2

It took me under two minutes to have four Linux desktops. Total storage for the image is <1.1GB. If you're on a slow WAN download that can be an issue. After the image is downloaded, that's really fast to get them launched.

 

[eva2000]

very nice - centos !

 

[Evan]

That's cool

 

[cliffr]

I used this to check if a site was down for just me. You aren't kidding that it's a 2s launch.

 

[nk215]

Can some kind soul show me the step-by-step to install the package from GitHub on Ubunto?

Basically, I have no idea on what to do when looking at a GitHub link/

I've never done the docker setup.

 

[Patrick]

@nk215 do you have Docker installed or need instructions for that?

 

[nk215]

@nk215 do you have Docker installed or need instructions for that?

I have docker installed.

Thanks

 

[Biren78]

@nk215 if you've already got Docker installed, you can just put in one of the two docker run commands on the guide attached to this thread How-to Guide - Dockerized CentOS or Ubuntu Desktop with HTML5 noVNC Web Browser Connectivity

If you hit an error you need to add your username to the docker group or use sudo before the command.

You don't need to GitHub, just use a single command. The video has commands too if you just pause

It's almost offensively simple.

 

[nk215]

turns out I don't have a docker username so I need to run the command with sudo.

 

[Patrick]

@nk215 if you want to add your user to the docker group so you do not need to sudo:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

 

[nk215]

@nk215 if you want to add your user to the docker group so you do not need to sudo:

sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

This works great. Thanks

 

[samuelyusen]

Thank you, I can launch the desktops from 2 OS easily, but what's the use of these OS if we cannot install anything to them. Keep on getting this: sudo command not found.

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Dockerized CentOS or Ubuntu Desktop with HTML5 noVNC Web Browser Connectivity - Get a Docker container setup with a CentOS or Ubuntu Desktop that you can connect to with a browser



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