README.md

# Oracle Linux 8 container with VNC
Docker file for starting Oracle Linux 8 XFce4 Desktop via VNC

### Instructions ###
Install docker, then

1) Download the Dockerfile: https://github.coventry.ac.uk/raw/aa3025/docker/main/Dockerfile
2) Run `docker build .` in the folder with Dockerfile
3) check the resultant image id: `docker images`
4) launch the container, e.g. image id was "xyz1234567", then do

```docker run -ti -p 5901:5901 xyz1234567```

5) open vncviewer and connect to `localhost:1`
6) User "user" [uid 8888] password is "qwerty", they are sudoer

The ready made example to try (1.8 GB):

```docker run -ti -d -p 5901:5901 aa3025/xfce4_oraclelinux8_turbovnc:last```

to mount a local folder `$(pwd)` to a container ``/mnt/host``, launch it instead with

```docker run -ti -d --mount src="$(pwd)",target=/mnt/host,type=bind aa3025/xfce4_oraclelinux8_turbovnc:last```