Kali-Linux(LXDE)-Docker image with VNC

Docker image with HTML5 VNC interface access to Kali-Linux container LXDE desktop environment.

Quick Start

This Kali Linux Docker image provides a minimal base install of the latest version of the Kali Linux Rolling Distribution. There are no tools added to this image, so you will need to install them yourself. For details about Kali Linux metapackages, check https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-metapackages/

Before building, check the Dockerfile to uncomment or add needed Kali Linux Metapackages

Build the image

docker build -t kali-docker .

Run the docker image and open port 6080

docker run -it -d --rm --name kali-docker -p 6080:80 kali-docker

Browse http://127.0.0.1:6080/

Connect with VNC Viewer and protect by VNC Password

Forward VNC service port 5900 to host by

docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 kali-docker

Now, open the vnc viewer and connect to port 5900. If you would like to protect vnc service by password, set environment variable VNC_PASSWORD, for example

docker run -it --rm -p 6080:80 -p 5900:5900 -e VNC_PASSWORD=mypassword kali-docker

A prompt will ask password either in the browser or vnc viewer.

To get into bash of the running container

sudo docker exec -i -t kali-docker /bin/bash

P.S. If you are going to run container in cloud virtual machine, first run the bellow command to virtual machine in cloud to create ssh tunnel to your virtual machine

ssh -i .ssh/private_key -L 6080:localhost:6080 -L 5900:localhost:5900 user@IP