vidcdocker

Linux videoconferencing docker image

On the assumption that there will be a lot more videoconferencing going on in the near future, I put together a docker image containing skype, zoom, and wire, so that you can run them inside a container and have a little less worry about the random binaries.

Dependencies

I made this to run on Ubuntu 18.04, but you may have luck with other platforms as well.

• docker

  • If you don't already have docker installed, install Docker desktop first.

• x11docker

  • git clone https://github.com/mviereck/x11docker
  • copy x11docker/x11docker into some directory in your $PATH

• nxagent

  • apt install nxagent
  • There are other possible virtual X servers you could use here; see x11docker above for a list. This is the part that's most sensitive to your host OS and version.

Download skype and zoom

• ./download-debs

Build the vidcdocker image

• ./build-docker

Install the launch script

• Copy vidcdocker somewhere in your $PATH

Running vidcdocker

• vidcdocker will start the docker image and launch an xterminal in that docker. Your webcam and pulseaudio will be connected to that xterminal. From that terminal, you can run wire-desktop, skypeforlinux, or zoom. Exiting the terminal will terminate the docker container.