Docker Workspaces based on Linux distros

The goal is to build a general workspaces in various ways to achieve onboarding velocity in a team setting as well as providing consistency of developer runtime dependencies.

Variants so far:

1. Alpine-based CLI image. Check the directory alpine/.

It's helpful to store a long command in a script file. For example, on Windows, you could create a script called run.cmd and include:

    cd alpine
    SET TAG=coatsn/alpine-workspace
    SET USER_WORKSPACE=//c//devl
    docker run -v %USER_WORKSPACE%:/home/src -it %TAG%

2. Ubuntu with vnc access

This is a visual programming environment using Ubuntu and a lighweight X11 development environment (lxde). It also has a VNC server running, as well presenting a web server option that serves a browser-based VNC client. This makes for fast sharing of workspaces.

    SET TAG=coatsn/ubuntu-workspace:1
    SET USER_WORKSPACE=//c//devl//docker-workspace//test
    SET VNC_PASSWORD=mypassword
    SET USER=coatsn
    SET PASSWORD=password
    docker build --build-arg USER=%USER% -t %TAG% .
    docker run -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 \
            -e USER=%USER% \
            -e PASSWORD=%PASSWORD% \
            -e RESOLUTION=1920x1080 \
            -e VNC_PASSWORD=%VNC_PASSWORD% \
            -v %USER_WORKSPACE%:/home/%USER%/src \
            -it %TAG% /home/%USER%/setup.sh

3. Che

Based on the Eclipse Che project for complex Docker-based workspaces.

4. Theia

Based on the Visual Studio Code and Docker-based cloud IDE project.

References

• Installing Ruby on Ubuntu
• NoVNC
• Running VNC on ubuntu
• Linux Directory Standard