How to use TurboVNC in a docker container running on WSL2

[Joe Hays]

All,

I'm trying to use TurboVNC running in a docker container running in WSL2 and am failing to succeed. 

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System Information:

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Windows 10

Version: 20H2

OS build: 19042.867

Docker version 20.10.5, build 55c4c88

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Dockerfile:

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FROM ubuntu:bionic

RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y dpkg wget glmark2 geany libglu1-mesa libxv1 libxt6 xauth x11-xkb-utils iproute2 x11-apps

RUN wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/virtualgl/2.6.5/virtualgl_2.6.5_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i virtualgl_2.6.5_amd64.deb
RUN rm virtualgl_2.6.5_amd64.deb

RUN wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/turbovnc/2.2.6/turbovnc_2.2.6_amd64.deb
RUN dpkg -i turbovnc_2.2.6_amd64.deb
RUN rm turbovnc_2.2.6_amd64.deb
RUN apt install -f

CMD ["bash"]

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Commands in WSL2:

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docker build --network=host -t mycontainer .

docker run -it -t mycontainer

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Commands in container:

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# /opt/TurboVNC/bin/vncserver  -geometry 1920x1080 -securitytypes none :0

Desktop 'TurboVNC: 750e2d44f228:0 ()' started on display 750e2d44f228:0

Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup.turbovnc

Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup.turbovnc

Log file is /root/.vnc/750e2d44f228:0.log

~/dev/$ ip address

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000

    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00

    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo

       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

2: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000

    link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0

47: eth0@if48: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default

    link/ether 02:42:ac:11:00:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0

    inet 172.17.0.2/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global eth0

       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

~/dev/$ export DISPLAY=<ip of windows machine>:0.0

~/dev/$ xeyes

(the xeyes application shows up on windows)

~/dev/$ export DISPLAY=:0

root@750e2d44f228:/# ps aux | grep -i vnc

root       454  0.0  0.3 1369844 51004 pts/0   Sl   00:17   0:00 /opt/TurboVNC/bin/Xvnc :0 -desktop TurboVNC: 750e2d44f228:0 () -httpd /opt/TurboVNC/bin//../java -auth /root/.Xauthority -geometry 1920x1080 -depth 24 -rfbwait 120000 -securitytypes none -rfbport 5900 -deferupdate 1 -dridir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

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/etc/hosts file (in WS2):

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~/dev/$ cat /etc/hosts

<snip> 

 # This file was automatically generated by WSL. To stop automatic generation of this file, add the following entry to /etc/wsl.conf:

# [network]

# generateHosts = false

127.0.0.1       localhost

192.168.50.62   host.docker.internal

192.168.50.62   gateway.docker.internal

127.0.0.1       kubernetes.docker.internal

</snip>

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Commands Windows:

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PS C:\Users\joehays> ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a0d3:2261:f58e:6c0e%22

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.62

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.1

Ethernet adapter vEthernet (Default Switch):

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c8:4c3e:c8df:ca20%24

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.19.128.1

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter vEthernet (WSL):

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b1a6:efe6:1f94:ac2c%48

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.24.240.1

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : <my domain>

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a546:14d6:e57c:e4ed%7

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a71d:a869:24dc:7bc5%7

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 132.250.202.74

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

                                       0.0.0.0

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/etc/hosts file (in docker container):

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root@750e2d44f228:/# cat /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1       localhost

::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback

fe00::0 ip6-localnet

ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix

ff02::1 ip6-allnodes

ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

172.17.0.2      750e2d44f228

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TurboVNC Viewer on Windows:

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VNCServer: 132.250.202.74    (fails)

VNCServer: 132.250.202.74:0    (fails)

VNCServer: 132.250.202.74:5900    (fails)  

VNCServer:  172.17.0.2    (fails)

VNCServer:  172.17.0.2:0    (fails)  

VNCServer:  172.17.0.2:5900    (fails)    

VNCServer:  172.24.240.1    (fails)    

VNCServer:  172.24.240.1:0    (fails)  

VNCServer:  172.24.240.1:5900    (fails)    

VNCServer:  172.19.128.1     (fails)    

VNCServer:  172.19.128.1:0      (fails) 

VNCServer:  172.19.128.1:5900      (fails)       

I don't know how to connect to the VNC server running in the container... 

Help? 

  

[DRC]

See examples here:

https://github.com/dcommander/virtualgl_docker_examples

That's the limit of the free support I can provide.  Making VirtualGL and TurboVNC work with specific container environments is a paid service.

DRC

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