costache2mihai/0adimage repository overview

Dockerized 0AD

This project was build so I can play 0AD⁠. Probably the best linux game

My Fedora 24 crash a few times(0AD was on alpha stage at the time of this PoC ), so I decided to have some fun with docker and to create a sandbox to play with.

Note: In ubuntu image I've installed necessary drivers for Intel HD graphic cards. You can use this⁠ tutorial to install other drivers

Instructions

on host run sudo xhost + then

A. Clone this project

• Build docker file with docker build -t 0adimage .
• Start image with :

 docker run -it  --rm --privileged --net host \ 
 -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -v /run/dbus/:/run/dbus/ \
 -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm --device /dev/snd -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY  \
 -e PULSE_SERVER=tcp:localhost:4713 \
 -e PULSE_COOKIE_DATA=`pax11publish -d | grep --color=never -Po '(?<=^Cookie: ) .*'` \
  --name 0ad 0adimage

or

B. Run the image hosted by dockerhub in my repository⁠

docker run -it  --rm --privileged --net host \ 
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -v /run/dbus/:/run/dbus/ \
-v /dev/shm:/dev/shm --device /dev/snd -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY  \
-e PULSE_SERVER=tcp:localhost:4713 \
-e PULSE_COOKIE_DATA=`pax11publish -d | grep --color=never -Po '(?<=^Cookie: ) .*'` \
 --name 0ad costache2mihai/0adimage

Few explanation of the docker run command

Since 0AD is a GUI application we need to forward X11 from docker container to host machine so we will need to allow all client to connect to host X11 server with sudo xhost +

Next we will map local X11 volume -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix an set Display environment -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY

We also want audio so we will use below attributes (Thanks to great explanation by lidel here⁠)

-e PULSE_SERVER=tcp:localhost:4713 \
-e PULSE_COOKIE_DATA=`pax11publish -d | grep --color=never -Po '(?<=^Cookie: ) .*'` \

That's all, should work, for me it does :smile: