How to run OpenAI Gym .render() over a server

Question

I am running a python 2.7 script on a p2.xlarge AWS server through Jupyter (Ubuntu 14.04). I would like to be able to render my simulations.

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Answer 1

There's also this solution using pyvirtualdisplay (an Xvfb wrapper). One thing I like about this solution is you can launch it from inside your script, instead of having to wrap it at launch:

from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
display = Display(visible=0, size=(1400, 900))
display.start()