webbox

An OCI container that serves firefox over ssh-X11 and pulseaudio

Description

This project builds an OCI (Docker, podman, or other container tech) image that contains Firefox. Firefox is accessed over SSH, so no volumes are shared between host and container. Audio is streamed via pulseaudio.

Installation

Host Prerequisites

• docker or podman
• SSH client that supports X11 forwarding
• pulseaudio server with TCP support
• TCP port 2022 must be available and unused

Most of this comes standard on any desktop/workstation linux installation.

Installing podman or docker

RHEL/CentOS 8: sudo dnf -y install podman

RHEL/CentOS 7: sudo yum -y install docker

Debian derivatives: sudo apt -y install docker

Build process

With podman: make

With docker:

export DOCKER=docker
export DOCKER_BUILD=docker build
make

Execution

1. open two windows in this repo's top-level directory (TLD)
2. Type make launch in window 1
3. type ./ffox.sh in window 2
4. when done, hit ctrl-c in window 1

Uninstall

make uninstall