Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 (xfce) Dockerfile with NoMachine remote access and firefox, chromium & more

build & run:

docker-compose up -d

(re)-build

docker-compose build --no-cache

git clone <URL>
cd docker-vdi
docker build -t=vdi .

• USER -> user for the nomachine login
• PASSWORD -> password for the nomachine login

docker run -d --rm -p 4000:4000 -p 4080:4080 -p 4443:4443 --name vdi -e PASSWORD=password -e USER=user --cap-add=SYS_PTRACE vdi

In the Docker file the default language and location are set to German/Germany, these can be changed to English/United States

ENV LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
ENV LANGUAGE=en_US
ENV KEYMAP="us"
ENV TIMEZONE="America/Denver"

Download the NoMachine client from: https://www.nomachine.com/download, install the client, create a new connection to your public ip, port 4000, NX protocol, use enviroment user and password for authentication (make sure to setup enviroment variables for that)

open URL: https://127.0.0.1:4443