now is based on Ubuntu Xenial; Firefox to 46.0 and Java RE to 1.8.0_91; updated the doc

Dockerfile

@@ -1,41 +1,40 @@
-# Run Firefox in a container
+FROM ubuntu:xenial
-
-FROM debian:jessie
 MAINTAINER Andrey Arapov <andrey.arapov@nixaid.com>
 
 # To avoid problems with Dialog and curses wizards
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 
-# -- Install the prerequisites
+# Keep the image updated and install the dependencies
-RUN sed -i.bak 's/jessie main/jessie main contrib/g' /etc/apt/sources.list \
+RUN apt-get update && \
-    && apt-get update \
+    apt-get -y upgrade && \
-    && apt-get install -yq bzip2 libfreetype6 libfontconfig1 \
+    apt-get -y dist-upgrade && \
-        libxrender1 libxext6 libxdamage1 libxcomposite1 libasound2 \
+    apt-get -fy install && \
-        libdbus-glib-1-2 libgtk2.0-0 libxt6 libcanberra-gtk-module \
+    apt-get -y install bzip2 libgtk-3-0 libdbus-glib-1-2 libxt6 \
-        libv4l-0 \
+                       libasound2 libgtk2.0-0 libpango1.0-0 libv4l-0 \
-        libpango1.0-0 \
+                       pulseaudio && \
-        pulseaudio \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
-        fonts-droid fonts-freefont-ttf \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
 
-# -- The Firefox
+# Obtain the Mozilla Firefox
-ENV FIREFOX_VER 45.0.2
+# Deps: bzip2 libgtk-3-0 libdbus-glib-1-2 libxt6
+ENV FIREFOX_VER 46.0
 ADD https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/$FIREFOX_VER/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-$FIREFOX_VER.tar.bz2 /tmp/firefox.tar.bz2
-RUN mkdir /opt/mozilla \
+RUN mkdir /opt/mozilla && \
-    && tar xf /tmp/firefox.tar.bz2 -C /opt/mozilla/ \
+    tar xf /tmp/firefox.tar.bz2 -C /opt/mozilla/ && \
-    && rm -f /tmp/firefox.tar.bz2
+    rm -f /tmp/firefox.tar.bz2
 
-# -- Google Hangouts
+# Google Hangouts
+# Deps: libasound2 libgtk2.0-0 libpango1.0-0 libv4l-0
 ADD https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb /tmp/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb
-RUN dpkg -i /tmp/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb \
+RUN dpkg -i /tmp/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb && \
-    && rm -f /tmp/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb
+    rm -f /tmp/google-talkplugin_current_amd64.deb
 
-# -- Java x64 RE plugin
+# Java x64 RE plugin
 # https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
 # https://www.java.com/verify
 ENV JAVA_VER 8
-ENV JAVA_JRE_UVER 77
+ENV JAVA_JRE_UVER 91
-ENV JAVA_JRE_FVER 1.8.0_77
+ENV JAVA_JRE_FVER 1.8.0_91
+ENV JAVA_BUNDLE_ID 207765
 ENV JAVA_FONTS "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
 ENV _JAVA_OPTIONS "-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on \
                -Dswing.aatext=true \
@@ -48,36 +47,31 @@ ENV _JAVA_OPTIONS "-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on \
 #   - javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel
 #   - com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel
 #   - com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel
-ADD http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=207221 /tmp/jre-linux-x64.tar.gz
+ADD http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=$JAVA_BUNDLE_ID /tmp/jre-linux-x64.tar.gz
-RUN mkdir -p /opt/java/64 \
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/java/64 && \
-    && tar xf /tmp/jre-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /opt/java/64/ \
+    tar xf /tmp/jre-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /opt/java/64/ && \
-    && cd /opt/java/64/ \
+    cd /opt/java/64/ && \
-    && ln -sv jre${JAVA_JRE_FVER} jre \
+    ln -sv jre${JAVA_JRE_FVER} jre && \
-    && ln -sv /opt/java/64/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ \
+    ln -sv /opt/java/64/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ && \
-    && update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/opt/java/64/jre/bin/java" 1 \
+    update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/opt/java/64/jre/bin/java" 1 && \
-    && update-alternatives --set java /opt/java/64/jre/bin/java \
+    update-alternatives --set java /opt/java/64/jre/bin/java && \
-    && update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/opt/java/64/jre/bin/javaws" 1 \
+    update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/opt/java/64/jre/bin/javaws" 1 && \
-    && update-alternatives --set javaws /opt/java/64/jre/bin/javaws \
+    update-alternatives --set javaws /opt/java/64/jre/bin/javaws && \
-    && rm -f /tmp/jre-linux-x64.tar.gz
+    rm -f /tmp/jre-linux-x64.tar.gz
 
-# For testing the audio
+# Workaround: pulseaudio client library likes to remove /dev/shm/pulse-shm-*
-# docker-compose run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash firefox
+#             files created by the host, causing sound to stop working.
-# aplay -L
+#             To fix this, we either want to disable the shm or mount /dev/shm
-# pactl list
+#             in read-only mode when starting the container.
-# arecord -D pulse -f cd | aplay -D pulse -B 10000 -
+RUN echo "enable-shm = no" >> /etc/pulse/client.conf
-# RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y alsa-utils
-#
-# WebRTC online test for Microphone, Camera, Network, Connectivity and Throughput
-# https://test.webrtc.org/
-# https://webaudiodemos.appspot.com/AudioRecorder/index.html
 
-# -- Define a user under which the firefox will be running
+# Define a user under which the Firefox will be running
 ENV USER user
 ENV UID 1000
 ENV GROUPS video,audio
 ENV HOME /home/$USER
-RUN useradd -u $UID -m -d $HOME -s /usr/sbin/nologin $USER \
+RUN useradd -u $UID -m -d $HOME -s /usr/sbin/nologin $USER && \
-    && usermod -aG $GROUPS $USER
+    usermod -aG $GROUPS $USER
 
 WORKDIR $HOME
 USER $USER

README.md

@@ -1,22 +1,36 @@
-Readme
+# Firefox in Docker
-======
+
+## Launching the Firefox
 
-Launching the firefox
 ```
-docker-compose up -d
+alias firefox="docker-compose -f ~/docker/firefox/docker-compose.yml run --rm firefox"
 ```
 
-Extensions
+# Troubleshooting
-==========
+
+## Audio
+
+Following are some useful commands which you can use for testing the audio
 
-I have decided to add here a list of the Firefox's extensions I am using
 ```
-https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
+docker-compose run --rm --entrypoint /bin/bash firefox
-https://adblockultimate.net/
+apt-get update && apt-get install -y alsa-utils
+aplay -L
+pactl list
+cat /dev/urandom | aplay -
+arecord -D pulse -f cd | aplay -D pulse -B 10000 -
+
+WebRTC online test for Microphone, Camera, Network, Connectivity and Throughput
+https://test.webrtc.org/
+https://webaudiodemos.appspot.com/AudioRecorder/index.html
 ```
 
-Extra
+## Video
-=====
+
+Go to `about:support` in the Firefox to see whether everything is OK or not.
+
+
+## Codecs and the HW acceleration
 
 You may want to disable Google's VP8 & VP9 video codecs: "MSE & WebM VP9" and "WebM VP8"
 as there is no hardware decoding for them.
@@ -26,21 +40,19 @@ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/h264ify/
 ```
 
 Check the codecs
+
 ```
 https://www.youtube.com/html5
 ```
 
-To initialize the new Firefox profile
+
+# Extra
+
+## Extensions
+
+Here is the list of Firefox's extensions I am using
+
 ```
-docker-compose run --rm firefox -P
+https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
+https://adblockultimate.net/
 ```
-
-Limitations
-===========
-
-X11 and PulseAudio
-------------------
-
-The user ID must match the ID of a user that runs the container,
-otherwise X neither audio will work.
-

docker-compose.yml

@@ -3,33 +3,24 @@ version: '2'
 volumes:
   data: {}
 
-networks:
-  isolated:
-    external:
-      name: isolated
-
 services:
   firefox:
     read_only: true
     image: andrey01/firefox
-    networks:
+    network_mode: bridge
-      - isolated
     devices:
       - /dev/dri
       - /dev/video0
     volumes:
+      - /dev/shm:/dev/shm:ro
       - /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix:ro
-      - /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines:ro
-      - /usr/share/themes:/usr/share/themes:ro
-      - /usr/share/icons:/usr/share/icons:ro
-      - /var/run/cups:/var/run/cups:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id:ro
-      - /run/user/1000/pulse:/run/user/1000/pulse
+      - $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse:/run/user/1000/pulse
-      - /dev/shm:/dev/shm:ro
+      - /var/run/cups:/var/run/cups:ro
-      # - /tmp/krb5cc_1000:/tmp/krb5cc_1000:ro
       - data:/home/user
       - $HOME/Downloads:/home/user/Downloads
+      # - /tmp/krb5cc_1000:/tmp/krb5cc_1000:ro
     environment:
       - DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY
-      - PULSE_SERVER=unix:/run/user/1000/pulse/native
+      - PULSE_SERVER=unix:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse/native