Running GUI apps inside a LXC container?

Framu · 02-24-2020, 04:45 AM

When I search the web for info about running GUI apps inside a LXC container I find very little info. I see some mention of running a GUI app inside a docker container however I want a regular LXC container. Is this actually possible?

berndbausch · 02-24-2020, 04:48 AM

Stéphane Graber, Mr. LXC himself, seems to think it's possible. That was seven years ago with LXC 1.0. No, I haven't tried it.

jdrosales · 02-26-2020, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Framu

When I search the web for info about running GUI apps inside a LXC container I find very little info. I see some mention of running a GUI app inside a docker container however I want a regular LXC container. Is this actually possible?

Look for the xrdp server in you distro repo, it might help you achieve what you want to do.
Alternatively, look at their github site: https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp

Gook luck!

Skaperen · 03-03-2020, 06:50 PM

with X in the host, you need to:

1. have communications from the GUI app to X either by a Unix pipe (presumably in a shared filesystem) or by TCP/IP crossing the container boundary.

2. the process (shell?) starting the GUI app having the correct values in the necessary environment variables. ssh may be helpful but shouldn't be necessary.

i've been trying to do this another way, with the X server itself in a container (separate for each user).

simosx · 03-30-2020, 08:13 PM

If you really want to use LXD (instead of LXD), then there is a more recent guide at https://gudok.xyz/lxcdeb/