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novnc_server - noVNC proxy server

NAME  SYNOPSIS  AUTHOR  SEE ALSO 

NAME

novnc_server - noVNC proxy server

SYNOPSIS

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

Starts the WebSockets proxy and a mini-webserver and provides a cut-and-paste URL to go to.

--listen [HOST:]PORT Port for 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.

--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

AUTHOR

The noVNC authors https://github.com/novnc/noVNC

SEE ALSO

websockify(1), nova-novncproxy(1)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se