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      How can I launch Ansys Fluent’s Web Interface? 

      This article informs the reader on how to launch the Ansys Fluent Web Interface.  The Fluent Web UI supports multiple simultaneous connections, a remote file browser, and the ability to pause and resume jobs. You can change boundary conditions, solution controls, and more during calculations. Additionally, you can create, edit, and display graphics objects during calculations. Launching Fluent’s Web UI involves several steps. 

       

      Launching Fluent Web Interface 

      Starting a Session: Begin by starting a Fluent session and opening at least a case file. You can access your Fluent session using the web interface even if you start Fluent in batch mode without a graphics window and user interface, using the -g or -gu command line options. Starting the web server through the File menu is done by selecting File > Web Server > Start. This will open the Specify Web Server Details dialog box.  

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      1. Start a local Fluent session
      2.  Open a case file 
      3. Start the web server through the File menu by selecting File > Web Server > Start 
      4. View the “Specify Web Server Details panel 
      5. Enter a password of your choice for the “Token” 
      6. Leave the Job Service URL blank for the first time 
      7. Enter your email address
        For example: 
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      8. Select Start 
      9. Use File > Web Server > Print Web Server Info to post URL info. 
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        There should be something like a http://numbers:5000  in the console. 

      10. Open a web browser and enter the http: with numbers into the web address 
      11. Enter the same token you entered above 
         
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                          The web interface should open. 
                           
                          The triple horizontal lines at the top left corner are similar to the file menu. This is a good place to start for further work. 

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                          Using the Interface: Once your session is open, the Fluent web UI allows you to monitor simulation results, pause, edit, and restart jobs in real time from any web browser. You can make setup adjustments in real time and post-process results without transferring large data files back to your local machine. This is particularly useful when running simulations on remote hardware.  

                          The web UI enables you to remotely interact with simulations running on the cloud or on-premises high-performance computing clusters. It supports large-scale parallelization of massive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations by utilizing multi-GPU and cloud computing capabilities