[Windows] TensorBoard doesn't work

[wkcw]

I installed the tensorflow for windows with
pip install --upgrade --ignore-installed https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/windows/cpu/tensorflow-0.12.0rc0-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl
(I added the '--ignore-installed', for the official one didn't work on my pc)

Then I tried some code and ran tensorboard, however the browser shows nothing
When running with '--debug' there appears some 404.
I also tried tensorboard on mac os, it worked well, so the problem is not caused by the .tfevent file
I've read through a bunch of related issues, and found that maybe the pip install didn't install tensorflow completely. And I searched the tensorflow file and did not found some certain files appears in mac os tensorflow, such as 'paper-toolkit'

[ytorii]

Have you tried pip install tensorflow as this post says?

[aaronzs]

check this PR
It seems that TensorBoard is not ready for Windows right now.

[mrry]

As @aaronzs observes, TensorBoard currently doesn't work on Windows. #5844 could work, but the TensorBoard team is changing the way they handle external packages, so a different approach might be necessary.

@danmane Do you have an estimate of when this will be ready?

[mrry]

We just merged #5844, which adds TensorBoard support to the master branch. #6020 will add support to the r0.12 branch, and it should appear in the final release.

[drasmuss]

I am still getting this issue after pip installing the latest version (0.12.0-rc0). Did this make it into the release?

[mrry]

@drasmuss We haven't made a new release since the #5844 was merged. You can either build it yourself, download a nightly build, or wait a few more days until we have a new release candidate.

[mrry]

I'm closing this for now, since the fix is in. At present, only nightly builds have the fix, but they should be in the imminent 0.12.0rc1 release as well.

[helenahan2015]

@mrry In Tensorflow protal, there is a command with 0.12.0rc1 version for Windows.

But it can't be executed because there is still only 0.12.0rc0 version for Windows in https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/

May I know when the 0.12.0rc1 version will be available for Windows system?

[emodark]

I have the problem of the tensorboard cannot show the event data in windows10, 64-bit, tensorflow-gpu-.12.0rc1; it can be solved by making the "tensorborad.exe" and the event file in the same disk.

[mrry]

@emodark: This is a known issue with TensorBoard, because it uses the : character in its flags in a way that's incompatible with Windows paths. See #7856 for more discussion and a potential workaround.

[hipoglucido]

Which is the current state? Is it already possible to run tensorflow on windows?

[mrry]

Yes, we have been publishing packages for TensorFlow (including TensorBoard) since the final release of version 0.12. AFAIK, the issue with Windows-style paths is still an open issue (see #7856) but there is a workaround that involves specifying a run name.

[hipoglucido]

Thanks for the fast response @mrry and for the work. Could you elaborate a bit more on that workaround you mention please?

[mrry]

Here's a link to the explanation.

[chihuahua]

Lets continue discussion of this issue within tensorflow/tensorboard#42. We have moved TensorBoard to a new repo outside of tensorflow/tensorflow.