xorilog / docker-telegram

Dockerfile for a Telegram gui client

docker-telegram

A Docker image that start a fresh telegram client.

Usage

To spawn a new instance of Telegram:

Linux

docker run --rm -it --name telegram \
       --hostname=$(hostname) \
       -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
       -e PULSE_SERVER=unix:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse/native \
       -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
       -v "/home/$(whoami)/.Xauthority:/home/user/.Xauthority" \
       -v $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse \
       -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
       -v <Your_storage_dir>/.TelegramDesktop:/home/user/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/ \
       xorilog/telegram

Mac Os

Requires xquartz (brew cask install xquartz then reboot your computer & check in preferences>Security : Authenticate & Allow connections checkboxes)

IP=$(ifconfig en0 | grep inet | awk '$1=="inet" {print $2}')
docker run --rm -it --name telegram \
       -e DISPLAY=$(xhost + $(hostname) > /dev/null; echo $IP):0 \
       -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
       -v <Your_storage_dir>/.TelegramDesktop:/home/user/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/ \
       xorilog/telegram

systemd

Adding the service

sudo curl -o /etc/systemd/system/[email protected] "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xorilog/docker-telegram/master/telegram%40.service"
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Adding custom parameters

• Add a file: /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/proxy.conf and replace the <value> with your parameters

[Service]
Environment="http_proxy=http://<proxy_name>:<proxy_port>"
Environment="https_proxy=http://<proxy_name>:<proxy_port>"
Environment="no_proxy=localhost,.lxd"
Environment=DNS=<DNS_IP>

• reload systemd sudo systemctl daemon-reload
• restart your service sudo systemctl restart telegram@<your_username>.service

Activating for a user

sudo systemctl enable telegram@<your_username>.service
sudo systemctl start telegram@<your_username>.service

Issues

• You have to log out Telegram to close the docker container.
• You have to create your storage directory before start using mkdir <Your_storage_dir> as the one created by docker is owned by root user.

FAQ

Docker image registry

Images are available in the following registries:

• Docker: xorilog/telegram
• GitHub Packages: docker.pkg.github.com/xorilog/docker-telegram/telegram
• GitHub Container Registry: ghcr.io/xorilog/telegram

Docker <1.8

Before Docker 1.8 you need to replace --device /dev/snd by -v /dev/snd:/dev/snd --privileged.

QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display unix:0

This is old but keeping it for older users

xhost +
setenforce 0 (optional, if `xhost +` is not enough: put SELinux in permissive mode)

Do not forget to remove it after start or usage (xhost -, setenforce 1).

The previous command is to be run on a linux machine. But, Mac users I have a special surprise for you. You can also do fun hacks with X11. Details are described here. This may be more convenient to read

Thanks to Telegram for their great app !

docker-telegram's Issues

Container not created ( libgtk-3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory )

ERROR:
"libgtk-3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Container not created. Could you suggest any solution?

exited with the below error in the terminal :

QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-user'
libgtk-3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Telegram Log :

org.telegram.desktop._fe7ffeda496e8935ac5c344c99863f04.desktop
[2023.01.25 16:49:20] QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-user'
[2023.01.25 16:49:20] Connecting local socket to /tmp/6ce7de587ddacca886605fc2d7c74451-{87A94AB0-E370-4cde-98D3-ACC110C5967D}...
[2023.01.25 16:49:20] This is the only instance of Telegram, starting server and app...
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAOpenSansRegular.ttf' loaded 'DAOpenSansRegular'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAVazirRegular.ttf' loaded 'DAVazirRegular'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAOpenSansRegularItalic.ttf' loaded 'DAOpenSansRegularItalic'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAVazirRegular.ttf' loaded 'DAVazirRegular'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAOpenSansSemiboldAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAOpenSansSemibold'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAVazirMediumAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAVazirMedium'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAOpenSansSemiboldItalicAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAOpenSansSemiboldItalic'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAVazirMediumAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAVazirMedium'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAOpenSansSemiboldAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAOpenSansSemibold'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAVazirMediumAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAVazirMedium'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAOpenSansSemiboldItalicAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAOpenSansSemiboldItalic'
[2023.01.25 16:49:21] Font: from ':/gui/fonts/DAVazirMediumAsBold.ttf' loaded 'DAVazirMedium'

NOTE:

OS Info cat /etc/os-release :

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"

Linux kernel version uname -r :

5.10.0-0.bpo.8-amd64

Architecture info uname -m :

x86_64

Already tried :

• `sudo apt install libgtk-3-0
• Created/Build an image using FROM debian:buster-slim as downloader successfully. But Facing same issue while creating container

`

Retrieve latest Telegram version during build

Wouldn't it make more sense to retrieve the latest version number of telegram during build, i.e. in the Dockerfile, instead of the update script? I prefer to build the container locally and this would make things much more convenient for me. Maybe I'm missing a good argument against it though?

Dockerfile/update.sh: wget is broken

Hi,

The download location "https://tdesktop.com/linux/tsetup.1.4.3.tar.xz" does not exist anymore.

You can get it from here now: https://updates.tdesktop.com/tlinux/tsetup.1.4.3.tar.xz

Cheers

QThread::start: Thread creation error (Operation not permitted)

Hello.

After starting the docker container, nothing happens.
Inside the docker container, the processes show the running binary and nothing else.

<jemalloc>: arena 0 background thread creation failed (1)
Detected locale "C" with character encoding "UTF-8", which is not UTF-8.
Qt depends on a UTF-8 locale, and has switched to "C.UTF-8" instead.
If this causes problems, reconfigure your locale. See the locale(1) manual
for more information.
QThread::start: Thread creation error (Operation not permitted)

container version: xorilog/telegram:latest

$ dpkg -l | \grep docker | head -1
ii  docker-ce                                        5:20.10.6~3-0~ubuntu-focal                    amd64        Docker: the open-source application container engine
$

$ cat /etc/*release | head -2
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
$

docker run

docker run --rm -it --name telegram \
       --hostname=$(hostname) \
       -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
       -e PULSE_SERVER=unix:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse/native \
       -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
       -v "/home/$(whoami)/.Xauthority:/home/user/.Xauthority" \
       -v $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse \
       -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
       -v /opt/data/:/home/user/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/ \
       xorilog/telegram

libdrm.so.2: cannot open shared object file

https://hub.docker.com/r/xorilog/telegram

docker images|grep xorilog|grep latest
xorilog/telegram       latest              c3b746caa185        28 hours ago        360MB

#!/usr/bin/env bash

docker run --rm -it --name telegram \
       --hostname=$(hostname) \
       --device /dev/snd \
       -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
       -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
       -v "/home/$(whoami)/.Xauthority:/home/user/.Xauthority" \
       -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
       -v /opt/teleg/data/:/home/user/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/ \
       xorilog/telegram

./docker-teleg.sh
/usr/bin/Telegram: error while loading shared libraries: libdrm.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

It has a auto download all?

Hello
More than a mistake is a question
I want to configure this on a Linux server. My goal is to configure the client to automatically download all files that have been
Is this possible?
Thank you

File sharing

Im new to docker, could you please give me a hint, how to mount local home folder in rw mode into docker image, so it would actually able to save files and upload. Thank a lot for great receipt!

Do I have to have a monitor? Can VPS be installed?

Detected locale "C" with character encoding "UTF-8", which is not UTF-8.
Qt depends on a UTF-8 locale, and has switched to "C.UTF-8" instead.
If this causes problems, reconfigure your locale. See the locale(1) manual
for more information.
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display unix
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: wayland, wayland-egl, xcb.

New tools 😊

1. https://element.io/
   https://github.com/vector-im/element-desktop
2. https://wire.com/
   https://github.com/wireapp/wire-desktop
3. https://jami.net/
   https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux/ring-project

If proper docker files exist, let me know otherwise

libEGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file

I am having this error while installing. Now sure how to fix as I am not very familiar with docker.

❯ docker run --rm -it --name telegram \
       --hostname=$(hostname) \
       --device /dev/snd \
       -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
       -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
       -v "/home/$(whoami)/.Xauthority:/home/user/.Xauthority" \
       -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
       -v ~/docker/volumes/.TelegramDesktop:/home/user/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/ \
       xorilog/telegram
/usr/bin/Telegram: error while loading shared libraries: libEGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

GUI can not be started on macOS

gui can not be started on macOS Big Sur v11.5.2

output

(Telegram:1): glibmm-WARNING **: Glib::Error::throw_exception():
  unknown error domain 'g-spawn-exit-error-quark': throwing generic Glib::Error exception


(Telegram:1): glibmm-WARNING **: Glib::Error::throw_exception():
  unknown error domain 'g-spawn-exit-error-quark': throwing generic Glib::Error exception


(Telegram:1): glibmm-WARNING **: Glib::Error::throw_exception():
  unknown error domain 'g-spawn-exit-error-quark': throwing generic Glib::Error exception

qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display 192.168.31.23:0
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: xcb, wayland, wayland-egl.

command

IP=$(ifconfig en0 | grep inet | awk '$1=="inet" {print $2}')
docker run --rm -it --name telegram \
       -e DISPLAY=$(xhost + $(hostname) > /dev/null; echo $IP):0 \
       -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
       -v tg:/home/user/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/ \
       xorilog/telegram

error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment

I am running with command

sudo docker run --rm -it --name telegram \
       --hostname=$(hostname) \
       -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
       -e PULSE_SERVER=unix:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse/native \
       -e XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY \
       -v $XAUTHORITY:$XAUTHORITY \
       -v /dev/snd:/dev/snd --privileged \
       -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
       -v "/home/$(whoami)/.Xauthority:/home/user/.Xauthority" \
       -v $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse:$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/pulse \
       -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
       -v /.local/share/TelegramDesktop/ \
       xorilog/telegram

and everything works well, except new telegram bots like '@wallet' and other, which are trying to open a new window for their work
then my container crushes with terminal output:

qt.gui.imageio.jpeg: ./lib/jpegli/decode_scan.cc:535: Incomplete scan detected.
qt.gui.imageio.jpeg: ./lib/jpegli/decode_scan.cc:535: Incomplete scan detected.
qt.gui.imageio.jpeg: ./lib/jpegli/decode_scan.cc:535: Incomplete scan detected.
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-user'
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment
Fatal: Failed to open server socket: "6ce7de587ddacca886605fc2d7c74451-TelegramDesktop-webview-291-wayland". XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is: ""

or

qt.gui.imageio.jpeg: ./lib/jpegli/decode_scan.cc:535: Incomplete scan detected.
qt.gui.imageio.jpeg: ./lib/jpegli/decode_scan.cc:535: Incomplete scan detected.
qt.gui.imageio.jpeg: ./lib/jpegli/decode_scan.cc:535: Incomplete scan detected.
[libvpx-vp9 @ 0x7f1100ce9400] v1.13.0
[libvpx-vp9 @ 0x7f1100ce9400] v1.13.0
[libvpx-vp9 @ 0x7f1100ce9800] v1.13.0
[libvpx-vp9 @ 0x7f1100ce9800] v1.13.0
qt.gui.imageio.jpeg: ./lib/jpegli/decode_scan.cc:535: Incomplete scan detected.
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-user'
error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment
Fatal: Failed to open server socket: "6ce7de587ddacca886605fc2d7c74451-TelegramDesktop-webview-308-wayland". XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is: ""

depending on which bot im launching

Ubuntu 23.04, xorilog/telegram:latest

Telegram does not show Chinese, Korea and some other languages.

Telegram does not show Chinese, Korea and some other languages.

no sound

Hi, I got it fixed ( no sound when playing voice messages) :

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 42ef77d..b0b1777 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     software-properties-common \
     libx11-xcb1 \
     gconf2 \
+    libasound2 \
     --no-install-recommends \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*