Running QGIS in Docker

On Windows 10

First you need to install a X server, XMingin our case (download from sourceforge.net.

Create a docker-compose.yml file:

db:
image: kartoza/postgis:latest
environment:
  - USERNAME=docker
  - PASS=docker

qgisdesktop:
image: kartoza/qgis-desktop:latest
hostname: qgis-server
volumes:
  # Wherever you want to mount your data from
  # TODO
  # Unix socket for X11
  - C:\Users\bertrand.thomas\.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
links:
  - db:db
environment:
  - DISPLAY=192.168.1.48:0
command: qgis

Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Xming\X0.hosts to add the IP address (192.168.1.48)

Execute from the command line (in the directory where the docker-compose file has been created):

docker-compose up

From QGIS you can add PostgreSQL DB access, you'll need to get the DB IP address

docker inspect kartoza_db_1

It works!

References:

• github kartoza/docker-qgis-desktop
• wiki osgeo DockerImages

TODO:

• Update docker compose file to
  • Fix QGIS version 2.18.17
  • Fix PostgreSQL version 9.6.7
  • Install Python (2.7)
  • Fix file errors in the console (missing mapping)