easy-xpra

Serves as base for images using xpra but can also be used on it's own

Tags

• latest uses Alpine as base
• ubuntu uses Ubuntu as base
• ubuntu-small uses a slightly smaller Ubuntu as base

Example use as Ubuntu container

• Start a container on server : docker run -p 12345:10000 -ti garo/easy-xpra
• Install something in the container: apt-get update && apt-get install x11-apps
• Run it in xpra: run_in_xpra xeyes
• Control/watch the program on a another system : xpra attach tcp:server:12345

Example use of the Alpine version in a new Dockerfile

FROM garo/easy-xpra:alpine
RUN apk add --no-cache xterm
CMD ["run_in_xpra", "xterm -background white"]

Containers based on this types of Dockerfile are best launched with -d

Extra's

run_in_xpra uses 2 environment variables:

• XPRA_DISPLAY is the display number of xpra (default :100)
• XPRA_PORT is the TCP-port on which xpra listens (default 10000)

Development

Want to improve this (bugfixes, extra features, ...) ?

Fork this repository on GitHub instead of cloning it, I and other users might be interested in your changes !