noVNC is a VNC client implemented using HTML5 technologies,
specifically Canvas and WebSockets (supports 'wss://' encryption).
-
-For browsers that do not have builtin WebSockets support, the project
-includes [web-socket-js](http://github.com/gimite/web-socket-js),
-a WebSockets emulator using Adobe Flash .
-
-In addition, [as3crypto](http://github.com/lyokato/as3crypto_patched)
-has been added to web-socket-js to implement WebSockets SSL/TLS
-encryption, i.e. the "wss://" URI scheme.
+noVNC is licensed under the
+[LGPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html).
Special thanks to [Sentry Data Systems](http://www.sentryds.com) for
sponsoring ongoing development of this project (and for employing me).
See more screenshots <a href="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/screenshots.html">here</a>.
-### Requirements
+### Projects/Companies using noVNC
+
+* [Sentry Data Systems](http://www.sentryds.com): uses noVNC in the
+ [Datanex Cloud Computing Platform](http://www.sentryds.com/products/datanex/).
+
+* [Ganeti Web Manager](http://code.osuosl.org/projects/ganeti-webmgr):
+ Feature [#1935](http://code.osuosl.org/issues/1935).
+
+* [Archipel](http://archipelproject.org):
+ [Video demo](http://antoinemercadal.fr/archipelblog/wp-content/themes/ArchipelWPTemplate/video_youtube.php?title=VNC%20Demonstration&id=te_bzW574Zo)
+
+* [openQRM](http://www.openqrm.com/): VNC plugin available
+ by request. Probably included in [version
+ 4.8](http://www.openqrm.com/?q=node/15). [Video
+ demo](http://www.openqrm-enterprise.com/news/details/article/remote-vm-console-plugin-available.html).
+
+
+### Browser Requirements
+
+* HTML5 Canvas: Except for Internet Explorer, most
+ browsers have had Canvas support for quite some time. Internet
+ Explorer 9 will have Canvas support (finally).
+
+* HTML5 WebSockets: For browsers that do not have builtin
+ WebSockets support, the project includes
+ <a href="http://github.com/gimite/web-socket-js">web-socket-js</a>,
+ a WebSockets emulator using Adobe Flash.
+
+* Fast Javascript Engine: noVNC avoids using new Javascript
+ functionality so it will run on older browsers, but decode and
+ rendering happen in Javascript, so a slow Javascript engine will
+ mean noVNC is painfully slow.
+
+* I maintain a more detailed list of browser compatibility <a
+ href="wiki/Browser-support">here</a>.
+
+
+### Server Requirements
Unless you are using a VNC server with support for WebSockets
connections (only my [fork of libvncserver](http://github.com/kanaka/libvncserver)
currently), you need to use a WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. There is
-a python proxy included ('wsproxy'). One advantage of using the proxy
-is that it has builtin support for SSL/TLS encryption (i.e. "wss://").
+a python proxy included ('websockify'). One advantage of using the
+proxy is that it has builtin support for SSL/TLS encryption (i.e.
+"wss://").
There a few reasons why a proxy is required:
### Quick Start
* Use the launch script to start a mini-webserver and the WebSockets
- proxy. The `--vnc` option is used to specify the location of
+ proxy (websockify). The `--vnc` option is used to specify the location of
a running VNC server:
`./utils/launch.sh --vnc localhost:5901`
configured. Hit the Connect button and enjoy!
-### Advanced usage
-
-* To encrypt the traffic using the WebSocket 'wss://' URI scheme you
- need to generate a certificate for the proxy to load. By default the
- proxy loads a certificate file name `self.pem` but the `--cert=CERT`
- option can override the file name. You can generate a self-signed
- certificate using openssl. When asked for the common name, use the
- hostname of the server where the proxy will be running:
-
- `openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out self.pem -keyout self.pem`
-
-* `tightvnc` provide a nice startup script that can be used to run
- a separate X desktop that is served by VNC. To install and run the
- server under Ubuntu you would do something like this:
-
- `sudo apt-get install tightvncserver`
- `vncserver :1`
-
- The VNC server will run in the background. The port that it runs
- on is the display number + 5900 (i.e. 5901 in the case above).
-
-* `x11vnc` can be used to share your current X desktop. Note that if
- you run noVNC on the X desktop you are connecting to via VNC you
- will get a neat hall of mirrors effect, but the the client and
- server will fight over the mouse.
-
- `sudo apt-get install x11vnc`
- `x11vnc -forever -display :0`
-
- Without the `-forever` option, x11vnc will exit after the first
- disconnect. The `-display` option indicates the exiting X display to
- share. The port that it runs on is the display number + 5900 (i.e.
- 5900 in the case above).
-
-* To run the python proxy directly without using launch script (to
- pass additional options for example):
-
- `./utils/wsproxy.py -f source_port target_addr:target_port`
-
- `./utils/wsproxy.py -f 8787 localhost:5901`
-
-* To run the mini python web server without the launch script:
-
- `./utils/web.py PORT`
-
- `./utils/web.py 8080`
-
-* Point your web browser at http://localhost:8080/vnc.html
- (or whatever port you used above to run the web server). Specify the
- host and port where the proxy is running and the password that the
- vnc server is using (if any). Hit the Connect button.
-
-
-### Browser Support
-
-In the following table Jaunty is Ubuntu 9.04 and WinXP is Windows XP.
-
-#### Linux (Ubuntu 9.04)
-
-<table>
- <tr>
- <th>OS</th> <th>Browser</th>
- <th>Status</th>
- <th>Notes</th>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>Jaunty</td> <td>Chrome 5.0.375.29</td>
- <td>Excellent</td>
- <td>Very fast. Native WebSockets.</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>Jaunty</td> <td>Firefox 3.5</td>
- <td>Good</td>
- <td>Large full-color images are somewhat slow from web-socket-js overhead.</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>Jaunty</td> <td>Firefox 3.0.17</td>
- <td>Fair</td>
- <td>Works fine but is slow.</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>Jaunty</td> <td>Opera 10.60</td>
- <td>Poor</td>
- <td>web-socket-js problems, mouse/keyboard issues. See note 1</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>Jaunty</td> <td>Arora 0.5</td>
- <td>Good</td>
- <td>Broken putImageData so large full-color images
- are slow. Uses web-socket-js.</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>Jaunty</td> <td>Konqueror 4.2.2</td>
- <td><strong>Broken</strong></td>
- <td>web-socket-js never loads</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td></td>
- <td></td>
- <td></td>
- <td></td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>WinXP</td> <td>Chrome 5.0.375.99</td>
- <td>Excellent</td>
- <td>Very fast. Native WebSockets.</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>WinXP</td> <td>Firefox 3.0.19</td>
- <td>Good</td>
- <td>Some overhead from web-socket-js.</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>WinXP</td> <td>Safari 5.0</td>
- <td>Fair</td>
- <td>Fast. Native WebSockets. Broken 'wss://' (SSL) - weird client header</td>
- </tr> <tr>
- <td>WinXP</td> <td>IE 6, 7, 8</td>
- <td><strong>Non-starter</strong></td>
- <td>No basic Canvas support. Javascript painfully slow.</td>
- </tr>
-</table>
-
-
-* Note 1: Opera interacts poorly with web-socket-js. After two
- disconnects the browser tab or Flash often hang. Although Javascript
- is faster than Firefox 3.5, the high variability of web-socket-js
- performance results in overall performance being lower. Middle mouse
- clicks and keyboard events need some work to work properly under
- Opera. Also, Opera does not have support for setting the cursor
- style url to a data URI scheme, so cursor pseudo-encoding is
- disabled.
-
-
-### Integration
-
-The client is designed to be easily integrated with existing web
-structure and style.
-
-At a minimum you must include the `vnc.js` and `default_controls.js`
-scripts and call their load() functions. For example:
-
- <head>
- <script src='include/vnc.js'></script>
- <script src="include/default_controls.js"></script>
- </head>
- <body>
- <div id='vnc'>Loading</div>
- </body>
- <script>
- window.onload = function () {
- DefaultControls.load('vnc');
- RFB.load(); };
- </script>
-
-See `vnc.html` and `vnc_auto.html` for examples. The file
-`include/plain.css` has a list of stylable elements.
-
-The `vnc.js` also includes other scripts within the `include`
-sub-directory. The `VNC_uri_prefix` variable can be use override the
-URL path to the directory that contains the `include` sub-directory.
-
-
-### Troubleshooting
-
-You will need console logging support in the browser. Recent Chrome
-and Opera versions have built in support. Firefox has a nice extension
-called "firebug" that gives console logging support.
-
-First, load the noVNC page with `logging=debug` added to the query string.
-For example `vnc.html?logging=debug`.
-
-Then, activate the console logger in your browser. With Chrome it can
-be activate using Ctrl+Shift+J and then switching to the "Console"
-tab. With firefox+firebug, it can be activated using Ctrl+F12.
-
-Now reproduce the problem. The console log output will give more
-information about what is going wrong and where in the code the
-problem is located.
-
-If you file a issue/bug, it is very helpful for me to have the last
-page of console output leading up the problem in the issue report.
-Other helpful issue/bug information: browser version, OS version,
-noVNC git version, and VNC server name/version.
+### Other Pages
+
+* [Advanced Usage](wiki/Advanced-usage). Generating an SSL
+ certificate, starting a VNC server, advanced websockify usage, etc.
+
+* [Integrating noVNC](wiki/Integration) into existing projects.
+
+* [Troubleshooting noVNC problems](wiki/Troubleshooting).
+
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