Tor

Table of Contents

Docker

• Docker Container Commands

• Docker Installation

Configuration

• Platform configuration
• Browser configuration

Others

• Volumes
• Port
• Issues And limitations

Tor browser running inside of Firefox

About

This image allows running a Tor browser instance on any headless server. The browser can be accessed via either a web interface or directly from any VNC client.

Container is based on baseimage-gui by jlesage

Both amd64 and arm64 container runtimes are supported, but only the amd64 image uses an official build of the Tor Browser. The arm64 image uses an unofficial build via tor-browser-ports because the Tor Project does not have an official arm build of the Tor Browser. Both the official and unofficial builds are signed, and the signatures are verified when building this container.

Usage

See the docker-compose here or use this command

docker run -d -p 5800:5800 --r estart always --name tor domistyle/tor-browser

The web interface will be available on port 5800.

Platform configuration

No special configuration is necessary, however some recommended variables are available:

Variable	Description	Default	Required
DISPLAY_WIDTH	Set the width of the virtual screen	1280	No
DISPLAY_HEIGHT	Set the height of the virtual screen	768	No
KEEP_APP_RUNNING	Automatically restarts the Tor browser if it exits	0	No
TZ	Set the time zone for the container	-	No

** For advanced configuration options please take a look here.**

Browser configuration

You may install the browser with your own configuration. Copy the template configuration to get started. If mozilla.cfg is available then it is used, otherwise no browser changes are made.

cd browser-cfg
cp mozilla.cfg.template mozilla.cfg

** For more information on the available options: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries

Volumes

It is not recommended to add persistent volumes to your Tor Browser. We do not support any issues that arise from persistent volumes.

Docker Container Commands

To install tor browser using docker compose, copy and paste the command in your terminal

docker compose up

To stop the docker container do

docker stop tor

To start the container again, put the following command below and paste it in your terminal

docker start tor

To remove the container you can do

docker compose down

or you can do this

docker rm tor

How to install Docker

if you don't have curl then just do this

sudo apt install curl -y

install docker using curl

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com/ | bash

Port

Port	Description
5800	Provides a web interface to access the Tor browser
5900	Provides direct access to the VNC server

Issues And limitations

• shm_size might need to be set to 2GB or more if you experience crashes