noVNC-Docker image

noVNC is a VNC client using HTML5 (Web Sockets, Canvas) with encryption (wss://) support.

noVNC-Docker is a Docker image that bundles the noVNC client and WebSocket-to-TCP proxy/bridge, websockify, for ease-of-use.

Download Docker image

Pull from Docker Hub

docker pull gotget/novnc

Build from GitHub

Since there's no external files that are added in, it's easy to build a local image directly from GitHub:

docker build --tag gotget/novnc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gotget/docker-novnc/master/Dockerfile

Examples

Docker run

HTTP

docker run \
    --name noVNC \
    --detach \
    --publish 80:6080 \
    gotget/novnc \
        --vnc HOST:PORT

HTTPS

docker run \
    --name noVNC \
    --detach \
    --publish 443:6080 \
    --cert server.pem \
    --ssl-only \
    gotget/novnc \
        --vnc HOST:PORT

Docker Compose

Maybe you'd like to have a reverse proxy from Nginx to noVNC? This is easy to accomplish with Docker Compose, and you'll notice the format resembles that of the article, Thad.Getterman.org : Adding Django to Nginx with Docker.

---
version: '3'

services:

vnc_client1:

    # VNC Client 1 : Variables
    container_name: vnc_client1
    hostname: vnc_client1
    command: --vnc HOST:PORT
    networks:
        - frontend

    # VNC Client 1 : Constants
    image: gotget/novnc
    restart: always
    expose:
        - 6080/tcp

web:

    # Variables
    container_name: nginx
    volumes:
        - /srv/letsencrypt/etc/:/etc/letsencrypt/:ro
        - /srv/nginx/etc/:/etc/nginx/:ro
        - /srv/nginx/log/:/var/log/nginx/
        - /srv/sites/:/sites/:ro
        - /srv/sites/default/:/usr/share/nginx/html/:ro
    networks:
        - frontend

    # Constants
    image: nginx:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
        - 80:80      # HTTP
        - 443:443    # HTTPS

networks:

    frontend:
        driver: bridge

Authors/Contributors

• Louis T. Getterman IV
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