peron/ubuntu-user repository overview

⁠An Ubuntu user container

A base Ubuntu docker container with a user named developer.

This container uses ubuntu:14.04, and has a user and some pre-installed tools. It's perfect for testing out stuff, if you just need a terminal.

This container can also be used as a base for other containers that need a user.

If you have a standard Ubuntu OS, the user in this container should have the same UID and GID as your primary user. This makes it easy to use this container as a base for containers that need a GUI.

⁠User

The username is developer, and belongs to a group developer. It has a UID of 1000 and a GID of 1000, respectively, and the user has sudo rights. Home directory is /home/developer, and the shell is bash. I.e. your basic Ubuntu setup.

⁠Tools

Some tools are pre-installed:

• htop
• nano
• tmux

⁠Usage

docker run -ti --rm peron/ubuntu-user

⁠GUI

If you want to test out applications that has a GUI, start the container using

docker run -ti --rm -e DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro peron/ubuntu-user

for older (Ubuntu) systems, and

docker run -ti --rm --net=host -e "DISPLAY" -v "$HOME/.Xauthority:/root/.Xauthority:rw" peron/ubuntu-user

for newer (Ubuntu) systems.

⁠References

Source for GUI related stuff: Running GUI apps with Docker⁠ Running GUI Applications inside Docker Containers⁠

Bash files base on: jfrazelle/dotfiles⁠