rigormortiz/ubuntu_mate repository overview

⁠docker_ubuntu_mate

⁠What is docker_ubuntu_mate anyway?

It is a Ubuntu zesty image with x11vnc, novnc and the Mate desktop environment installed. You can use it as a desktop or as the basis for a more customized

⁠Example Usage

⁠Basic

docker run -d -P rigormortiz/ubuntu_mate:zesty

⁠Persistent home directory

docker volume create ubuntu_desktop_home
docker run --rm -v ubuntu_desktop_home:/desktop_tmp rigormortiz/ubuntu_mate:latest cp -pr /home/ubuntu /desktop_tmp
docker run -d -P -v ubuntu_desktop_home:/home/ubuntu rigormortiz/ubuntu_mate:zesty

⁠Static port

docker run -d -p 5900:5900 -p 6080:6080 rigormortiz/ubuntu_mate:zesty

⁠Noteworthy

⁠Exposed ports

• x11vnc is exposed on port 5900
• noVNC's http interface is exposed on port 6080

⁠Misc.

• Default user is ubuntu
• Default VNC password is currently the same as DESKTOP_USERNAME. See TODO in next section. It can be easily changed at runtime with:

x11vnc -storepasswd somePassword /home/${DESKTOP_USERNAME}/.vnc/passwd

⁠NoVNC base image

This image is based on my ubuntu_novnc image. If you are using it to build your own image you may want to be familiar with it as some of the settings we use here are set in that image (like username) due to necessity/architecture.

⁠TODO

• support for ssl
• dynamically generated VNC password