docker-ubuntu-vnc-desktop

Docker image to provide HTML5 VNC interface to access ROS kinetic on Ubuntu 16.04 with the LXDE desktop environment.

Quick Start

Run the docker image and open port 6080

docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 ct2034/vnc-ros-kinetic-full

Browse http://127.0.0.1:6080/

Connect with VNC Viewer and protect by VNC Password

Forward VNC service port 5900 to host by

docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 ct2034/vnc-ros-kinetic-full

Now, open the vnc viewer and connect to port 5900. If you would like to protect vnc service by password, set environment variable VNC_PASSWORD, for example

docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 -e VNC_PASSWORD=mypassword ct2034/vnc-ros-kinetic-full

A prompt will ask password either in the browser or vnc viewer.

Mount directory

Mount host directory to docker using

docker run -v <your directory>:/mnt/ -it --rm -p 6080:80 ct2034/vnc-ros-kinetic-full

Troubleshooting and FAQ

1. boot2docker connection issue, fcwu#2
2. Screen resolution is fitted to browser's window size when first connecting to the desktop. If you would like to change resolution, you have to re-create the container

License

See the LICENSE file for details.