| title | About SimpleVM Services |
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SimpleVM Services is a feature that makes it easy to deploy services and make them accessible to users.
This demo illustrates the principle in its simplest form:
- A VM is created with a Research Environment (e.g., VS Code).
- The Research Environment exposes a web-accessible service
- intially only accessible to the owner and additional users the owner can add.
- In the instance details, under the Research Environment tab, the service can be shared with others.
Currently, access is only possible with authentication via LifeSciences. However once authenticated, the service can be used by anyone!
Why this is useful:
- Enables quick sharing of environments and services.
- Low overhead: content can be maintained as a VM and deployed fast.
- Reproducible and traceable updates through Git history.
- Great for demos, training, and lightweight projects without complex infrastructure.