Run remote Chromium browser inside docker and access it from local browser

Set Up

Prerequirment

• Install docker-compose.

Run without nginx setup

sudo docker compose -f docker-compose-standalone.yaml up

Now visit the URL "https://localhost:8443"

Run with domain setup with nginx

1. Add a A record on your domain pointing to your server IP address
2. Clone this repository
3. Modify configuration:

• Add domains and email addresses to init-letsencrypt.sh
• Replace all occurrences of "chromium.akashdeep.pro" with primary domain (the first one you added to init-letsencrypt.sh) in data/nginx/app.conf
• Change staging variable (staging=1) to 0 for production otherwise keep 1 if you're testing your setup to avoid hitting request limits.

4. Generate lets-encriypt ssl certificate by running:

    sudo bash ./init-letsencrypt.sh
   

5. Now run the container using docker compose

    sudo docker compose up
   

Now visit https://yourdomain.com

All application settings are passed via environment variables for chromium container:

Variable	Description
CUSTOM_USER	HTTP Basic auth username, abc is default.
PASSWORD	HTTP Basic auth password, abc is default. If unset there will be no auth
TITLE	The page title displayed on the web browser, default "Chromium".
CHROME_CLI	The URL that will be opened by default when launching chromium.
LC_ALL	Set the Language for the container to run as IE fr_FR.UTF-8 ar_AE.UTF-8
NO_DECOR	If set the application will run without window borders for use as a PWA. (Decor can be enabled and disabled with Ctrl+Shift+d)
NO_FULL	Do not autmatically fullscreen applications when using openbox.