Run a Full Linux Desktop in a Browser with the Webtop Docker Container

#Docker #Webtop #OSContainer

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0526.html

What is Webtop?

Alpine and Ubuntu based containers containing full desktop environments in officially supported flavors accessible via any modern web browser. - [https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/webtop](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/webtop)

## Installing Docker

1. Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window

# update software respositories
sudo apt update
# install available software updates
sudo apt upgrade ‐y
# install prerequisites
sudo apt install apt‐transport‐https ca‐certificates curl gnupg2 software‐properties‐common ‐y
# add docker gpg key
curl ‐fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo apt‐key add ‐
# add docker apt repository
sudo apt‐add‐repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian buster stable"
# update software repositories again
sudo apt update
# install docker
sudo apt install docker‐ce docker‐ce‐cli containerd.io ‐y
# add the current user to the docker group
sudo usermod ‐aG docker $USER
# reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
su ‐ $USER

Running Webtop

1. Continue with the following commands in terminal

# make a working directory
sudo mkdir ~/docker/webtop/config ‐p
# create/edit .env file
sudo nano ~/docker/webtop/.env

2. Paste the following into the .env file and change the value to something secure

PASSWORD=SomethingSecure

3. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to .env
4. Continue with the following commands in terminal

# set owner of docker directory
sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" /home/"$USER"/docker ‐R
# set permissions on docker directory
sudo chmod g+rwx "$HOME/docker" ‐R
# run the webtop container
docker run ‐d ‐‐name webtop ‐‐env‐file /home/$USER/docker/webtop/.env ‐p 3000:3000 ‐e TZ=America/New_York ‐e PUID=1000 ‐e PGID=1000 ‐v /home/$USER/docker/webtop/config:/config ‐‐restart=unless‐stopped linuxserver/webtop:ubuntu‐xfce

5. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3000
6. Welcome to a full Linux desktop environment accessible from a web browser

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