Secure VNC Server Docker

Run a docker container with turboVNC and websockify in secure mode.

1. Create the certificate self.pem

openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out self.pem -keyout self.pem

2. Build the image

docker build -t vncsecure .

3. Run the container in background.

docker run -p 5900:5900 --name vncsecurecontainer -d vncsecure

4. Get the One Time Password (OTP).

docker exec vncsecurecontainer /opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncpasswd -o -display :1

5. Access in a browser the https://localhost:5900 and accept the self-signed certificate. Note for boot2docker users: change localhost for the IP of your docker host. Run the command boot2docker ip to get it.

6. Access http://novnc.com to connect to the machine.

7. Check the Encrypt option in the settings.

8. Inform the connection settings:

Setting	Description	Default of this example
HOST	docker ip	localhost (maybe it is a different one if you are using boot2docker)
PORT	vnc port	5900
PASSWORD	OTP created at step 4

9. Open a program in the display (firefox for example).

docker exec vncsecurecontainer firefox