FAQ - Valence

If your issue cannot be resolved by any of the FAQ, please email bryanlimyt@suss.edu.sg for assistance.

Table of contents

• What is Valence
• What’s inside Valence
• Access for Lecturers
• Running Valence

What is Valence

Valence is a virtual lab solution that allows students to access a remote desktop environment for their programming needs.

What’s inside Valence

The Virtual Lab team prepares by installing and setting up necessary applications and dependencies, supporting a wide range of tools including

• Chrome
• Chromium
• Git
• Nano
• Python3.9
• Visual Studio Code (VSCode)
• VSCode extensions like ms-toolsai.jupyter, ms-python.python, esbenp.prettier-vscode, dbaeumer.vscode-selint and xdotool
• Zip

Access for Lecturers

Lecturers can request for access to Valence by emailing bryanlimyt@suss.edu.sg.

Running Valence

1. Pip install valence 2 using pip install --no-cache-dir git+https://github.com/suss-vli/valence2.git
   1. Clone valence-core using git clone https://github.com/suss-vli/valence-core-images.git
   2. Build the valence-core images using docker build -t valence/core -f dockerfile-valence-core .
2. Clone valence-images using git clone https://github.com/suss-vli/valence-images1.git
3. Build the valence image using docker build --build-arg GITHUB_PAT=user:PAT -t ict133 -f dockerfile-ict133-valence-core .
4. Run a valence container by using valence local run --name suss_student --img ict133 --module SoftwareEngineering