How to add a desktop environment via Docker

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If your server doesn’t have a desktop environment, you can install one easily, in a “containerized” way.

1. Install Docker if it’s not already installed (Install Docker).
2. You can use one of these images, or any other you find:

• accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-firefox-g3 (GitHub)

docker run -d -p 80:6901 -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm --name ubuntudesktop accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-firefox-g3

username: headless / password: headless

• dorowu/ubuntu-desktop-lxde-vnc (GitHub)

docker run -d -p 80:80 -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm --name ubuntudesktop dorowu/ubuntu-desktop-lxde-vnc

• (ARM) neuroidss/ubuntu-xfce-vnc (GitHub)

docker run -d -p 80:6901 --user 0 neuroidss/ubuntu-xfce-vnc:latest

password: vncpassword 3. Then, go to:

• http://<SERVER-PUBLIC-IP>/vnc.html (accetto / neuroidss).
• http://<SERVER-PUBLIC-IP> (dorowu).

Find server’s public IP.

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