Claude Code in a disposable Docker container

Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:24.04

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
    LANG=C.UTF-8 \
    LC_ALL=C.UTF-8

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    bash ca-certificates curl git jq openssh-client sudo \
    build-essential python3 python3-pip python3-venv unzip \
    libpcap-dev libpcap0.8 wget

RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash -
RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends nodejs
RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
RUN mkdir -p /root/.npm-global

ENV PATH=/root/.npm-global/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

WORKDIR /root

RUN useradd -m -d /root -s /bin/bash claude
RUN usermod -a -G root claude

RUN echo 'claude ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/claude && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/claude

USER claude

Makefile

IMAGE := claude-sandbox-vm
HOME_DIR := $(CURDIR)

.PHONY: build shell claude

.DEFAULT_GOAL := claude

build:
	docker build -t $(IMAGE) .

shell: build
	docker run --name $(IMAGE) --hostname $(IMAGE) --rm -it -v $(HOME_DIR):/root $(IMAGE)

claude: build
	docker run --name $(IMAGE) --hostname $(IMAGE) --rm -it -v $(HOME_DIR):/root $(IMAGE) claude -r --dangerously-skip-permissions