Run 2 or more containers with GUI Firefox on a single PC

[Andrewgmiles]

One container on 5800:5800 runs just fine, however if i setup more firefox containers ie. 5801 5802 they create in docker but Firefox does not start

Is there a way to open more ports?
I want to run 200 containers all using Firefox on a single machine

[jlesage]

This should work. Are you using the default bridge network ?

[seoetraffic]

can you explain more how to install more than 1 firefox in the same docker? I use ubuntu VPS

[B-Down]

In order to be able to run more than one concurrent occurences of the same image and/or different tools that use the same port(s) (since web and vnc services usually always use the same internal ports):

• Make sure you increment only the external port(s) you're opening, as the internal one has a default value. For instance:
  • Web:
    • First container: 5800:5800
    • Second container: 5801:5800
    • Third container: 5802:5800
  • Same thing for VNC:
    • First: 5900:5900
    • Second: 5901:5900
    • Third: 5902:5900
  • So on and so forth...
• Create a new directory for each container:
  • First container: Host/Volume = /docker/appdata/firefox-1 ; Path in container = /config
  • Second container: Host/Volume = /docker/appdata/firefox-2 ; Path in container = /config
  • Third container: Host/Volume = /docker/appdata/firefox-3 ; Path in container = /config

Unless you're dead-set on using the terminal for your Docker deployments, you may want to have a look at Portainer, as it significantly simplifies dealing with Docker stuff.

[B-Down]

@Andrewgmiles @seoetraffic