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+# Embedding and Deploying noVNC Application
+
+This document describes how to embed and deploy the noVNC application, which
+includes settings and a full user interface. If you are looking for
+documentation on how to use the core noVNC library in your own application,
+then please see our [library documentation](LIBRARY.md).
+
+## Files
+
+The noVNC application consists of the following files and directories:
+
+* `vnc.html` - The main page for the application and where users should go. It
+  is possible to rename this file.
+
+* `app/` - Support files for the application. Contains code, images, styles and
+  translations.
+
+* `core/` - The core noVNC library.
+
+* `vendor/` - Third party support libraries used by the application and the
+  core library.
+
+The most basic deployment consists of simply serving these files from a web
+server and setting up a WebSocket proxy to the VNC server.
+
+## Parameters
+
+The noVNC application can be controlled by including certain settings in the
+query string. Currently the following options are available:
+
+* `autoconnect` - Automatically connect as soon as the page has finished
+  loading.
+
+* `reconnect` - If noVNC should automatically reconnect if the connection is
+  dropped.
+
+* `reconnect_delay` - How long to wait in milliseconds before attempting to
+  reconnect.
+
+* `host` - The WebSocket host to connect to.
+
+* `port` - The WebSocket port to connect to.
+
+* `encrypt` - If TLS should be used for the WebSocket connection.
+
+* `path` - The WebSocket path to use.
+
+* `password` - The password sent to the server, if required.
+
+* `repeaterID` - The repeater ID to use if a VNC repeater is detected.
+
+* `shared` - If other VNC clients should be disconnected when noVNC connects.
+
+* `bell` - If the keyboard bell should be enabled or not.
+
+* `view_only` - If the remote session should be in non-interactive mode.
+
+* `view_clip` - If the remote session should be clipped or use scrollbars if
+  it cannot fit in the browser.
+
+* `resize` - How to resize the remote session if it is not the same size as
+  the browser window. Can be one of `off`, `scale` and `remote`.
+
+* `logging` - The console log level. Can be one of `error`, `warn`, `info` or
+  `debug`.
+
+## Pre-conversion of Modules
+
+noVNC is written using ECMAScript 6 modules. Many of the major browsers support
+these modules natively, but not all. By default the noVNC application includes
+a script that can convert these modules to an older format as they are being
+loaded. However this process can be slow and severely increases the load time
+for the application.
+
+It is possible to perform this conversion ahead of time, avoiding the extra
+load times. To do this please follow these steps:
+
+ 1. Install Node.js
+ 2. Run `npm install` in the noVNC directory
+ 3. Run `./utils/use_require.js --with-app --as commonjs`
+
+This will produce a `build/` directory that includes everything needed to run
+the noVNC application.