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Spatiocyte quick start for Windows
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Installation

  1. Download the latest release of the Docker for Windows Installer
  2. Download the latest release of the UltraVNC
  3. Run the Boot2Docker Start shell script from your Desktop or Program Files > Boot2Docker for Windows.
  4. Run following command
docker run -p 5901:5901 -it ecell/spatiocyte:latest /bin/bash
  1. Now you are in Docker container, then run follwing command
vncserver :1 -geometry 1360x768 -depth 24

You will require a password to access your desktops.

Password: 
Warning: password truncated to the length of 8.
Verify:   
Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)? n
xauth:  file /root/.Xauthority does not exist

New 'X' desktop is 45433a5fe4bc:1

Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup
Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/45433a5fe4bc:1.log
  1. Connect Docker container 5901 port with UltraVNC. You can check the boot2docker virtual machine IP with boot2docker ip. In many cases, this IP is 192.168.59.103. Then connect 192.168.59.103:5901
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