novnc_server(1)

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version 1.6.0 · 4 versions
, in alpine 3.24

novnc_server 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the USER COMMANDS manual page for novnc_server — the noVNC proxy server. no cap, she's iconic. 🧚✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

  • novnc_server — noVNC proxy server. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

novnc_server [--listen [HOST:]PORT] [--vnc VNC_HOST:PORT] [--cert CERT]
[--ssl-only]

She starts the WebSockets proxy and a mini-webserver, then hands you a cut-and-paste URL to go to. periodt. 🔥

okay, here's the option rundown, bestie — every single one, no skips:

  • --listen [HOST:]PORT — port for the proxy/webserver to listen on. Default: 6080 (on all interfaces). 👑
  • --vnc VNC_HOST:PORT — VNC server host:port proxy target. Default: localhost:5900. 🦋
  • --cert CERT — path to combined cert/key file, or just the cert file if used with --key. Default: self.pem. 🎀
  • --key KEY — path to key file, when not combined with cert. 🔑
  • --web WEB — path to web files (e.g. vnc.html). Default: ./. 🌸
  • --ssl-only — disable non-https connections. no insecure vibes, fr fr. 🚫
  • --record FILE — record traffic to FILE.session.js. 📼
  • --syslog SERVER — can be local socket such as /dev/log, or a UDP host:port pair. 🫶
  • --heartbeat SEC — send a ping to the client every SEC seconds. 💓
  • --timeout SEC — after SEC seconds exit when not connected. ⏳
  • --idle-timeout SEC — server exits after SEC seconds if there are no active connections. 💀
bestie, that's the whole option list. every flag, every default, every SEC. don't skip the defaults, they matter. 💅

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

The noVNC authors https://github.com/novnc/noVNC — iconic behavior. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

websockify(1), nova-novncproxy(1) — go read these too, iykyk. 📚✨

okay bye bestie — this page is from version 1.2.0, dated June 25, 2020, and it's the novnc_server(1) manual page. mwah 💖🎀

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