Dockerfile

# credit https://trigodev.com/blog/develop-electron-in-docker
FROM node:16.15.0


RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install \
    build-essential clang  policykit-1 \
    git libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0 libcups2-dev libxtst-dev libatk-bridge2.0-0 libdbus-1-dev libgtk-3-dev libxss1 libnotify-dev libasound2-dev libcap-dev libdrm2 libice6 libsm6 \
    xorg openbox libatk-adaptor \
    gperf bison python3-dbusmock \
    libnss3-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib curl sudo \
    -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends \
    && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg \
    lsb-release

RUN curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
# RUN echo 'alias docker-compose="docker compose"' >> /home/node/.bashrc
RUN apt-get install docker-compose


WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN chown -R node /app

# install node modules and perform an electron rebuild
USER node
RUN npm install
RUN npx electron-rebuild

USER root
RUN chown root /app/node_modules/electron/dist/chrome-sandbox
RUN chmod 4755 /app/node_modules/electron/dist/chrome-sandbox
RUN echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
RUN usermod -aG sudo node
RUN usermod -aG docker node


USER node
ENTRYPOINT [ "bash" ]
# docker run --privileged -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY -v `pwd`/src:/app/src --rm -it electron-wrapper bash