Firefox in Docker

Host OS : Fedora 22
Docker Version: 1.7.0-1

steps:

$ mkdir firefox

$ cd firefox; touch Dockerfile

$ ( cat <<-EOF
FROM fedora
MAINTAINER Spare Slant "spareslant@gmail.com"
ENV REFRESHED_AT 2015-11-21
RUN dnf -y install firefox
RUN dnf -y install dejavu-sans-fonts dejavu-serif-fonts
RUN useradd --shell /bin/bash --uid 1000 -m testuser
USER testuser
ENV HOME /home/testuser
CMD ["/usr/bin/firefox", "--no-remote"]
EOF
) > Dockerfile

$ docker build -t="spareslant/firefox:v2"

To run above docker :

docker run -it -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix -v /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY --name firefox spareslant/firefox:v2

A firefox window will pop up. If you close firefox , docker process will also shutdown. To start it again run following: docker start firefox