Starting GUI apps in with docker-machine or Docker for Windows

profile.ps1

# Start X server. Requires xming or cygwin with the xorg packages installed
Function bootx {
	XWin :0 -multiwindow -clipboard -wgl -ac -listen tcp
}

# Find local machine's IP on network interface connected to docker server
Function Get-DockerRoutableIP {
	if (Get-Command docker-machine -errorAction SilentlyContinue) {
		return (Find-NetRoute -RemoteIPAddress $(docker-machine ip default)).IPAddress
	}
	return Get-NetIPAddress | ? { $_.InterfaceAlias -like '*docker*' -and $_.AddressFamily -eq 'IPv4' } | % { $_.IPAddress }
}

# Run GUI app by setting DISPLAY env var to IP address of the user's display server machine
Function direfox {
	docker run -it --rm -e DISPLAY=$(Get-DockerRoutableIP):0 chrisdaish/firefox
}