docker-firefox-xpra

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Lightweight, sandboxed firefox using xpra for remote display. Xpra is "the screen for X". It is an extremely efficient remote display protocol allowing rooming.

This images smoothly played a fullscreen 1080p Youtube video from Sailabove's cloud over a DSL connection.

While this is curently more a Proof of Concept than a real application it shows the potential of both xpra and Docker when it comes to SaaS and VDI.

Usage

To run this image, pull the repository and run the image:

docker pull yadutaf/firefox.js
docker run -t --rm -p 8080:8080 yadutaf/firefox

Alternatively, you may rebuild the image from sources:

git clone https://github.com/yadutaf/docker-firefox-xpra.git
cd docker-firefox-xpra
docker build -t firefox .
docker run -t --rm -p 8080:8080 p 10000:10000 firefox

Then either visit http://localhost:8080/ or install xpra and use it:

# Install
echo "deb http://www.xpra.org/dists $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
curl https://www.xpra.org/gpg.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update && apt-get install xpra

# Run
xpra attach tcp:localhost:10000

Enjoy !

License

MIT