Batch Connect - Desktop

A Batch Connect app designed to launch a GUI desktop withing a batch job.

Prerequisites

This Batch Connect app requires the following software be installed on the compute nodes that the batch job is intended to run on (NOT the OnDemand node).

One of the following desktops:

• Xfce Desktop 4+
• Mate Desktop 1+ (default)
• Gnome Desktop 2 (currently we do not support Gnome 3)

For VNC server support:

• TurboVNC 2.1+
• websockify 0.8.0+

For hardware rendering support:

• X server
• VirtualGL 2.3+

Install

Use git to clone this app and checkout the desired branch/version you want to use:

scl enable git19 -- git clone <repo>
cd <dir>
scl enable git19 -- git checkout <tag/branch>

You will not need to do anything beyond this as all necessary assets are installed. You will also not need to restart this app as it isn't a Passenger app.

To update the app you would:

cd <dir>
scl enable git19 -- git fetch
scl enable git19 -- git checkout <tag/branch>

Again, you do not need to restart the app as it isn't a Passenger app.

Configuration

Please see the Install Desktops section in the Open OnDemand Documentation to learn more about setting up and configuring a desktop at your HPC center.

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/OSC/bc_desktop/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request