Nomad Server on Win11 with Docker Desktop

[ChrisMan4000]

So it's actually possible to create a fully functional NOMAD server with all the other apps working in Win11 via Docker Desktop and Linux for Windows (WLS2).

It took me a day to copy and paste the Linux command prompt outputs back and forth with ChatGPT (since I'm not a developer), but eventually it worked!!
Now I can start NOMAD on my Windows Desktop and access the many .zim files with windows explorer. :)

Am on a Desktop (Gaming) PC with Intel i9 Core Ultra, 64GB Ram, 4TB SSD and a Nvidia RTX 5090 with 32GB Ram - this very new/high-end setup just wouldn't let me run Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 with Ventoy Dual Boot reliably. :(

Nomad Benchmark: 78.3

[xiumuzdiao]

Could you please provide detailed installation instructions?

[BigMoonTech]

I forked the project for the purposes of accomplishing exactly this. You need Docker Desktop, Windows Terminal, and an Ubuntu distro for wsl2. My version changes the install script to account for how wsl handles GPU passthrough. I can only guarantee that it will work on Nvidia cards. In the README, it talks about installing a specific Nvidia driver, but all I had installed is the latest game ready driver and that works fine, so you can ignore any mention of installing a specific driver, just an FYI. Simply run the modified install script as noted in the README, after confirming nvidia-smi is working, as well as ensuring Docker is configured correctly (Docker integration for WSL). This is the fork: project-nomad-wsl

[xiumuzdiao]

My computer has an Intel integrated graphics card, so I'm not sure if it will run. I'll try it when I have time later. Thank you for the project.

[ChrisMan4000]

Hi, please tr BigMoonTech's Fork, as installing it was - as mentioned - a constant copy&paste between errors on the terminal and ChatGPT to find a solution, step by step - sorry!