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docker-wine

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Docker image that includes Wine and Winetricks for running Windows applications on Linux and macOS

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# docker-wine

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>Docker image that includes Wine and Winetricks for running Windows applications on Linux and macOS

The docker-wine container can either be run with X11 forwarding or as an RDP server to suit your use case.  The default is to use X11 forwarding which utilizes your machine's X server to render graphics directly into your current session and play sounds through pulseaudio.

Using docker-wine with an RDP server allows the container to be run on a headless machine or a machine that may not be running an X server. You can then use a Remote Desktop client to connect to the container which may be located either on your local or a remote machine.

---

## Getting Started

Using the `docker-wine` script is the easiest way to get started and should be all you need for Linux and macOS.

### Download the `docker-wine` script

On Linux:

```bash
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine/master/docker-wine
chmod +x docker-wine
```

On macOS:

```bash
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine/master/docker-wine
chmod +x docker-wine
```

## Run `docker-wine` with X11 forwarding

Running the script with no other arguments will start an interactive bash session:

```bash
./docker-wine
```

You can override the default interactive bash session by adding `wine`, `winetricks`, `winecfg` or any other valid commands with their associated arguments:

```bash
./docker-wine wine notepad
```

![Screenshot of Notepad](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine/master/images/screenshot_1.png)

## Run `docker-wine` with Xvfb

Starts up a frame buffer display defaulting to: Xvfb :95 -screen 0 320x200x8
Exports DISPLAY to the server number :95

```bash
./docker-wine --xvfb
```

### Customizable options

```bash
./docker-wine --xvfb=:95,0,320x200x8
```

## Run `docker-wine` attached with notty

```bash
./docker-wine --notty
```

## Run `docker-wine` with RDP server

Run with the `--rdp` option to start the RDP server with an interactive bash session:

```bash
./docker-wine --rdp
```

Or, you can run the container as a detached daemon that runs in the background.  To start the daemon:

```bash
./docker-wine --rdp=start
```

Then to stop the daemon:

```bash
./docker-wine --rdp=stop
```

## Connecting with an RDP client

All Windows desktops and servers come with the Remote Desktop Connection client pre-installed and macOS users can download the Microsoft Remote Desktop application for free from the App Store. For Linux users, I'd suggest using the Remmina Remote Desktop client.

For the hostname, use `localhost` if the container is hosted on the same machine you're running your Remote Desktop client on and for remote connections just use the name or IP address of the machine you are connecting to.
NOTE: To connect to a remote machine, it will require TCP port 3389 to be exposed through the firewall.

To log in, use the following default user account details:

```bash
Username: wineuser
Password: wineuser
```

![Screenshot of login prompt](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine/master/images/screenshot_2.png)

![Screenshot of XFCE desktop](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine/master/images/screenshot_3.png)

## Additional options when running `docker-wine`

Start the container as root:

```bash
./docker-wine --as-root
```

Or start the container as yourself with the same username, UID, GID and home path (especially useful when binding to local file system):

```bash
./docker-wine --as-me
```

You can combine options:

```bash
./docker-wine --as-root --rdp
```

You can also use standard docker syntax to add as many additional environment variables, devices and volumes as you need:

```bash
./docker-wine --env="MY_ENV_VAR=some_value" --device=/dev/snd --volume="myvol:/some/path:ro" --volume="/usr/data:data"
```

See the `docker-wine` help for a full list of options:

```bash
./docker-wine --help
```

## Securing your password

The default password is `wineuser` and it will change to your own username by default if you use the `--as-me` argument.  You can override the default password by using `--password="your_password"` but even though this password is encrypted before passing it to the container, your password still appears in plain text in the process list for any other user connected to the same host machine. Depending on your use case, this could be a problem.

One solution is to use `--password-prompt` and be prompted to enter the user password when you instantiate the docker-wine container. This will prevent your password from appearing in your machine's process list, but does require manually entering the password each time.

If prompting is undesirable, the solution is to encrypt your password _before_ passing it to the `docker-wine` script, using `openssl`.  This command will produce an MD5 encrypted hash of your password with a random salt which means each run will produce a different hash:

```bash
openssl passwd -1 -salt $(openssl rand -base64 6) "your_password"

```

One method of using this secure string would be to store it to disk:

```bash
echo $(openssl passwd -1 -salt $(openssl rand -base64 6) "your_password") > ~/.docker-wine
```

Then simply `cat` the file when using the `docker-wine` script:

```bash
./docker-wine --rdp --as-me --secure-password="$(cat ~/.docker-wine)"
```

## Build and run locally on your own computer

First, clone the repository from GitHub:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/scottyhardy/docker-wine.git
cd docker-wine
```

To build the container, simply run:

```bash
./build
```

To run the your locally built container, use `docker-wine` with the `--local` switch:

```bash
./docker-wine --local wine notepad
```

## Volume container winehome

When the docker-wine container is instantiated with the `docker-wine` script, a volume container named `winehome` is created and is mapped to the user's home within the container.  Using a volume container allows the docker-wine container to be safely removed after every execution as user data will persist as long as the `winehome` volume is not removed.  This effectively allows the `docker-wine` image to be swapped out for a newer version at anytime.

You can manually create the `winehome` volume container by running:

```bash
docker volume create winehome
```

If you don't want the volume container, you can delete it by using:

```bash
docker volume rm winehome
```

## Use docker-wine image in a Dockerfile

If you plan to use `scottyhardy/docker-wine` as a base for another Docker image, you should set up the same `ENTRYPOINT` to enable X11 forwarding and RDP server modes to continue operating:

```dockerfile
FROM scottyhardy/docker-wine:latest
... <your code here>
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/entrypoint"]
```

## Manually running with `docker run` commands

There's a number of prerequisites to getting pulseaudio redirection working on Linux and for X11 redirection to work on macOS.  I plan to document these in a wiki in the near future but this should be enough to get you started.

First, pull the latest image from DockerHub:

```bash
docker pull scottyhardy/docker-wine
```

Here is a basic `docker run` command for X11 redirection on Linux that will start an interactive bash session:

```bash
docker run -it \
  --rm \
  --hostname="$(hostname)" \
  --env="DISPLAY" \
  --platform="linux/amd64" \
  --volume="${XAUTHORITY:-${HOME}/.Xauthority}:/root/.Xauthority:ro" \
  --volume="/tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro" \
  scottyhardy/docker-wine /bin/bash
```

Here is a basic `docker run` command for starting the RDP server on both macOS and Linux with an interactive bash session:

```bash
docker run -it \
  --rm \
  --hostname="$(hostname)" \
  --env="RDP_SERVER=yes" \
  --platform="linux/amd64" \
  --publish="3389:3389/tcp" \
  scottyhardy/docker-wine /bin/bash
```

## Troubleshooting

To test video, try opening Notepad:

```bash
./docker-wine wine notepad
```

To test sound, try using `pacat`:

```bash
./docker-wine pacat -vv /dev/urandom
```

You can find additional pulseaudio troubleshooting steps at https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-docker/blob/dev/README_MACOS.md

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