# Rock the Lovely Pluto.jl Notebook in the LXD-LXC Cloud behind Nginx
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rock-the-lovely-pluto-jl-notebook-in-the-lxd-lxc-cloud-behind-nginx/107756
**Category:** Tooling
**Tags:** pluto
**Created:** [December 18, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rock-the-lovely-pluto-jl-notebook-in-the-lxd-lxc-cloud-behind-nginx/107756 "2023-12-18T07:06:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Guanglin\_Du](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Guanglin_Du)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rock-the-lovely-pluto-jl-notebook-in-the-lxd-lxc-cloud-behind-nginx/107756/1 "2023-12-18T07:06:47Z")
**1. Background**
- A private cloud based on the powerful LXD-LXC system container technology
- Nginx as the frontend to support both HTTP and HTTPS
- Ubuntun or Arch Linux-based containers
**2. Install Julia onto your container and configure your .bashrc or .zshrc**
```julia
lxc file push ~/julia-1.9.4-linux-x86_64.tar.gz u2204-01/home/ubuntu/
lxc exec u2204-01 -- su - ubuntu --login
sudo tar -xzf ./julia-1.9.4-linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt/
```
- vim ~/.zshrc
```julia
export JULIA_HOME="/opt/julia-1.9.4"
export JULIA_PKG_SERVER="https://mirrors.pku.edu.cn/julia"
PATH+=":$JULIA_HOME/bin"
```
- source ~/.zshrc
**3. Install Pluto** (Easy. Omitted.)
**4. Install tmux to manage a Pluto session in the container**
```julia
sudo apt-get install tmux (Ubuntu)
sudo pacman -S tmux (Arch Linux)
```
**5. Create a new tmux session and run Pluto**
- I set both the require\_secret\_for\_open\_links and require\_secret\_for\_access flags to false, Choose what you like.
```julia
tmux new -s mypluto
julia> import Pluto; Pluto.run(;host="0.0.0.0", port=1234, launch_browser=false, require_secret_for_open_links=false, require_secret_for_access=false)
[ Info: Loading...
┌ Info:
└ Go to http://0.0.0.0:1234/ in your browser to start writing ~ have fun!
┌ Info:
│ Press Ctrl+C in this terminal to stop Pluto
└
```
- Exit the tmux session: Ctrl B D
- Re-enter the session: tmux attach-session -t mypluto
**6. Congiure your Nginx - the HTTP way with port 1234**
- /etc/nginx/conf.d/pluto\_http.conf
- URL: http//YOUR\_DOMAIN\_NAME:1234 or http//SERVER\_IP\_ADDRESS:1234
```julia
server {
listen 1234;
listen [::]:1234;
server_name 240.5.113.13;
location / {
proxy_pass http://240.5.113.13:1234;
}
}
```
**7. Configure your Nginx - the preferred HTTPS way with a URL path**
- /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
- URL: http//YOUR\_DOMAIN\_NAME/pluto or http//SERVER\_IP\_ADDRESS/pluto
…
(Omitted common settings)
http {
ssl\_session\_cache shared:SSL:10m;
#ssl\_session\_timeout 10m;
ssl\_session\_timeout 1d;
```julia
```
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### Author:  [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rock-the-lovely-pluto-jl-notebook-in-the-lxd-lxc-cloud-behind-nginx/107756/2 "2023-12-18T09:36:04Z")
That is a great writeup. Have you tried using the juliaup installer ?
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### Author:  [@Guanglin\_Du](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Guanglin_Du)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rock-the-lovely-pluto-jl-notebook-in-the-lxd-lxc-cloud-behind-nginx/107756/3 "2023-12-18T23:52:04Z")
Thanks. No. I know nothing about the juliaup installer. Let me have a look at it.
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### Author:  [@Guanglin\_Du](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Guanglin_Du)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rock-the-lovely-pluto-jl-notebook-in-the-lxd-lxc-cloud-behind-nginx/107756/4 "2023-12-19T06:26:21Z")
Nginx is powerful. However, its configuration is not easy and obvious. Sometimes, I feel it’s confusing and frustrating, instead. If the above configuration in **7.** is problematic as I encountered in a newer LXD-LXC 5.x cloud, try the following
```julia
location /pluto/ { # Note the trailing slash!!!
proxy_pass http://240.4.186.231:1234/; # Note the trailing slash!!!
#proxy_buffering off;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
# WebSocket headers
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme;
}
```
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### Author:  [@Guanglin\_Du](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Guanglin_Du)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rock-the-lovely-pluto-jl-notebook-in-the-lxd-lxc-cloud-behind-nginx/107756/5 "2023-12-20T01:18:16Z")
My command to start Pluto ( **auto\_reload\_from\_file=true** ensures that \*.jl files refresh correctly.):
```julia
julia> import Pluto; Pluto.run(;host="0.0.0.0", port=1234, launch_browser=false, require_secret_for_open_links=false, require_secret_for_access=false, auto_reload_from_file=true)
┌ Info:
└ Go to http://0.0.0.0:1234/ in your browser to start writing ~ have fun!
┌ Info:
│ Press Ctrl+C in this terminal to stop Pluto
└
```