noVNC Docker Image

• Image Details

• Run on LSF

• Available Versions

Image Details

• Docker image hosted at ghcr.io/washu-it-ris/novnc

• Xvfb (http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/man/man1/Xvfb.1.xhtml)

• x11vnc (http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/)

• noNVC (https://kanaka.github.io/noVNC/)

• Fluxbox (http://www.fluxbox.org/)

• xterm (http://invisible-island.net/xterm/)

• supervisord (http://supervisord.org)

Run on LSF

• Complete export PASSWORD= with that of your choosing. Do not leave this blank. Replace <tag> with the selected version.

export LSF_DOCKER_PORTS='8080:8080'
export PASSWORD=
bsub -Is -R 'select[port8080=1]' -q general-interactive -a 'docker(ghcr.io/washu-it-ris/novnc:<tag>)' supervisord -c /app/supervisord.conf

• Please see our documentation for more information on selecting a port.

• The job will output the name of the blade it’s running on in the terminal.

<<Starting on compute1-exec-N.ris.wustl.edu>>

# translates to the IP address you enter into the web browser:
https://compute1-exec-N.compute.ris.wustl.edu:8080/vnc.html

• The password will be what you set above.

• You can change GUI display size by clicking on the settings icon on the left of the browser and selecting ‘Local Scaling’ from the Scaling Mode dropdown. Click the settings icon again to resume session.

• The display height and width can also be changed by passing them as variables.

export DISPLAY_WIDTH=width (default is 1024)
export DISPLAY_HEIGHT=height (default is 768)

Available Versions

Current Version:

• ghcr.io/washu-it-ris/novnc

  • ubuntu20.04_cuda11.6

  • ubuntu20.04_cuda11.0

  • ubuntu20.04

Earlier Versions:

Earlier versions are still available but no longer directly supported by RIS. Please refer to the latest version for direct support.

• gcr.io/ris-registry-shared/novnc

  • latest, ubuntu_cuda, ubuntu20.04_cuda11.0

  • ubuntu, ubuntu20.04

  • desktop_ood

  • desktop_ood_cuda

  • ubuntu18.04_cuda10.1

  • ubuntu18.04_cuda11.6

  • centos7

  • centos7_cuda10.1

  • centos7_cuda11.6