# Jupyter Remote Desktop Proxy
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Run XFCE (or other desktop environments) on Jupyter.

This is based on https://github.com/ryanlovett/nbnovnc.

When this extension is launched it will run a Linux desktop on the Jupyter single-user server, and proxy it to your browser using VNC via Jupyter.

If a `vncserver` executable is found in `PATH` it will be used, otherwise a bundled TightVNC server is run.
You can use this to install vncserver with support for other features, for example the [`Dockerfile`](./Dockerfile) in this repository installs TurboVNC for improved OpenGL support.


## Docker

To spin up such a notebook first build the container:

```bash
$ docker build -t $(whoami)/$(basename ${PWD}) .
```

Now you can ran the image:

```bash
$ docker run --rm  -p 8888:8888 $(whoami)/$(basename ${PWD})
Executing the command: jupyter notebook
[I 12:43:59.148 NotebookApp] Writing notebook server cookie secret to /home/jovyan/.local/share/jupyter/runtime/notebook_cookie_secret
[I 12:44:00.221 NotebookApp] JupyterLab extension loaded from /opt/conda/lib/python3.7/site-packages/jupyterlab
[I 12:44:00.221 NotebookApp] JupyterLab application directory is /opt/conda/share/jupyter/lab
[I 12:44:00.224 NotebookApp] Serving notebooks from local directory: /home/jovyan
[I 12:44:00.225 NotebookApp] The Jupyter Notebook is running at:
[I 12:44:00.225 NotebookApp] http://924904e0a646:8888/?token=40475e553b7671b9e93533b97afe584fa2030448505a7d83
[I 12:44:00.225 NotebookApp]  or http://127.0.0.1:8888/?token=40475e553b7671b9e93533b97afe584fa2030448505a7d83
[I 12:44:00.225 NotebookApp] Use Control-C to stop this server and shut down all kernels (twice to skip confirmation).
[C 12:44:00.229 NotebookApp]

    To access the notebook, open this file in a browser:
        file:///home/jovyan/.local/share/jupyter/runtime/nbserver-8-open.html
    Or copy and paste one of these URLs:
        http://924904e0a646:8888/?token=40475e553b7671b9e93533b97afe584fa2030448505a7d83
     or http://127.0.0.1:8888/?token=40475e553b7671b9e93533b97afe584fa2030448505a7d83
*snip*
```

Now head to the URL shown and you will be greated with a XFCE desktop.