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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions docs/source/admin/quick_howto/ciab.rst
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Expand Up @@ -247,14 +247,19 @@ The TightVNC optional container provides a basic lightweight window manager (flu
:caption: CIAB Startup Using Bash Alias

# From infrastructure/cdn-in-a-box
alias mydc="docker-compose -f $PWD/docker-compose.yml -f $PWD/optional/docker-compose.vnc.yml"
alias mydc="docker-compose "` \
`"-f $PWD/docker-compose.yml "` \
`"-f $PWD/docker-compose.expose-ports.yml "` \

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docker-compose.expose-ports.yml is not necessary for VNC.

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How would you access the VNC service if the port is kept internal to the Docker network?

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oh, you mean you don't need expose the other ports. Yeah, I guess that's true.

`"-f $PWD/optional/docker-compose.vnc.yml "` \
`"-f $PWD/optional/docker-compose.vnc.expose-ports.yml"
docker volume prune -f
mydc build
mydc kill
mydc rm -fv
mydc up

#. Connect with a VNC client to localhost port 9080.

#. Connect with a VNC client to localhost port 5909.
#. When Traffic Portal becomes available, the Firefox within the VNC instance will subsequently be started.
#. An xterm with bash shell is also automatically spawned and minimized for convenience.

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