Docker GUI

If there are GUI applications that you want to run in Docker, you can use the following methods to achieve it:

Ubuntu

docker run --name car_production_line -itd --restart=always --env="DISPLAY" --env="QT_X11_NO_MITSHM=1" --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:rw" car_production_line
xhost +local:docker && docker exec -it car_production_line bash -c "command"

Windows

  1. Install VcXsrv
  2. Run VcXsrv
  3. install docker desktop
  4. run docker in powershell 
     docker run --name car_production_line -itd --restart=always -e DISPLAY=host.docker.internal:0 car_production_line
  5. run GUI application in power shell 
     docker exec -it car_production_line bash -c 'command'

we can create a desktop shortcut to run the GUI application directly:

  1. set docker to start when Windows starts
  2. create a .bat file with the following content: 
     @echo off
 setlocal

 tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq vcxsrv.exe" | find /I "vcxsrv.exe" >nul
 if errorlevel 1 (
     echo Starting VcXsrv...
     start "" "C:\Program Files\VcXsrv\vcxsrv.exe" :0 -multiwindow -clipboard -wgl -ac
     timeout /t 3 >nul
 ) else (
     echo VcXsrv is already running.
 )

 docker ps --format "" | findstr /i "car_production_line" >nul
 if errorlevel 1 (
     echo Starting Docker container...
     docker run --name car_production_line -itd --restart=always -e DISPLAY=host.docker.internal:0 car_production_line
 ) else (
     echo Docker container already running.
 )

 powershell -Command "docker exec -it car_production_line bash -c 'biaoding'"

 endlocal
 pause
  3. create a desktop shortcut to the .bat file
  4. double-click the shortcut to run the GUI application