crvd

Overview

This provides a lightweight Linux virtual desktop environment that is accessible using Chrome Remote Desktop. Therefore, accessing the virtual desktop does not require any port redirection on your router and benefits from the identity protection provided by Google (including multi-factor authentication). Video playback with sound (e.g. yt videos) is fully supported. The container is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) and contains the XFCE Desktop Environment, Chrome Remote Desktop, and the Firefox browser among others. Additional applications can be installed using apt package manager. Credits given to @cardinalby for the original Dockerfile.

Runtime arguments

Network: bridge
Privileged: false
Extra Params: --restart unless-stopped

Template configuration

Host nameVariable

The name your host will be shown in Remote devices list on Chrome Remote Desktop website or application.

Target: HOSTNAME
Default: myvirtualdesktop

Authorization codeVariable

Authorization code generated by Chrome Remote Desktop. This code is single-use only! If you rebuild your container without savings your files (see home directory under advanced settings), you will need to provide a new code.

Target: CODE
Default: 4/xx

PIN codeVariable

PIN code that you can come up with. It will be requested when you try to connect to a container via Chrome Remote Desktop.

Target: PIN
Default: 123456

Home directoryPathrw

Container path for the persistent files. Mounting this volume allows you to easily access files, documents, and configurations created within the remote desktop session. It is also used to preserve the Chrome Remote Desktop session file across container rebuilds so that there is no need to provide a new token code.

Target: /home/crduser
Default: /mnt/user/appdata/crvd/

Links

Template Support Docker Hub Project

Details

Repository

googleg/chrome-remote-desktop-vdi

Registry

https://hub.docker.com/r/googleg/chrome-remote-desktop-vdi

Last Updated2025-08-01

First Seen2025-06-11

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