matlabhub/README.md

Matlab Hub

Start proxied matlab instances from a webpage using Nginx.

Prerequisites

Linux with Matlab and Python3

Installation

edit matlabhub/config.py:

license_file: 'path_to_license.lic'
port_range: [10000, 65536]
matlab-proxy-app: '/opt/matlabhub/venv/bin/matlab-proxy-app'  # path to matlab-proxy-app in venv

edit ExecStart to point to gunicorn in python venv in matlab.service:

ExecStart=/opt/matlabhub/venv/bin/gunicorn --bind unix:/tmp/matlabhub.sock matlabhub.app:app

install:

sudo apt install nginx screen xvfb
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
. .bashrc
uv venv venv --python 3.11
. venv/bin/activate
pip install matlabhub
sudo cp matlab /etc/nginx/sites-available/
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/matlab /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/matlab
sudo cp matlab.service /lib/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl enable matlab
sudo service nginx start
sudo service matlab start

Configuration

Change the user, path to the socket file and the port (default: 8585) in matlab and matlab.service.

Usage

Browse to http://127.0.0.1:8585