ferri/xeyes repository overview

⁠Docker Xeyes

These Docker images provide a minimal setup to test GUI X11-Forwarding inside Docker containers using the xeyes application.

⁠Usage

You can run these Docker containers using the following commands:

⁠Alpine / ± 6.79MB

docker run --rm -it -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix ferri/xeyes:alpine

⁠Ubuntu / ± 35.5MB

docker run --rm -it -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix ferri/xeyes:ubuntu

⁠Prerequisites

• Verify that echo $DISPLAY from your host terminal does not return an empty result.
• Check if your local user is whitelisted by running xhost:

xhost
access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
SI:localuser:[YOUR-USER]
...

If your user is not listed, you can whitelist it by running xhost +SI:localuser:[YOUR-USER].