Running X11 GUI apps through Docker + XQuartz on macOS

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Running X11 GUI apps through Docker + XQuartz on macOS

Prerequisites

• Docker
• socat
• XQuartz

brew cask install docker xquartz
brew install socat

Preparing an image

docker build -t x-firefox .

Forwarding X11 socket insisde the container to the macOS host

socat TCP-LISTEN:6000,reuseaddr,fork UNIX-

xhost + "$(ifconfig en0 | grep inet | awk '$1=="inet" {print $2}')"

Running an image

Run the following command on xterm (provided by XQuartz):

docker run \
    --rm \
    -e DISPLAY="$(ifconfig en0 | grep inet | awk '$1=="inet" {print $2}')":0 \
    -v $HOME/Downloads:/root/Downloads \
    x-firefox

Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:17.10

# We don't optimize the size of fslayer here...
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y \
  software-properties-common \
  ttf-ubuntu-font-family \
  fonts-ubuntu-title \
  fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
RUN add-apt-repository -y \
  ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/firefox-aurora
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y firefox

CMD firefox --new-instance https://hongminhee.org/