On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 1:47 PM, messido <mohammad.zba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To cut it short, I'm using my own front end. One of my pages create the > connection with guacamole, and when connection is established it uses > "exportState" to save the state inside localStorage as a JSON string.. > So far so good, I get valid data. > > Now when I go to a different page and importState from local storage (after > JSON parsing) I get almost like a snapshot of the host machine, I can see > it > but cant interact with anything.. pretty sure it's just a still image > because the terminal cursor isn't flashing.. anyways here's my code > > ... > > Am I using the wrong functionality? Are importState and exportState meant > to > be like just a snapshot of that current moment? I'm looking for a way to > save the clients.. state... so i can move it around and start that same > session from different computers > > Yes and yes. ;) importState() and exportState() deal with the instantaneous internal state of a particular Guacamole.Client instance. They do not deal with the continuous, ever-changing state of an active connection. For that, you need to leverage the screen replication features built into the backend, normally referred to as "screen sharing". When a connection is created, guacd automatically allocates a unique identifier for that connection, sending that identifier back during the initial Guacamole protocol handshake: http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/doc/gug/guacamole-protocol.html#guacamole-protocol-handshake This identifier can be automatically parsed and retrieved using getConnectionID() of ConfiguredGuacamoleSocket: http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/doc/guacamole-common/org/apache/guacamole/protocol/ConfiguredGuacamoleSocket.html#getConnectionID-- For users which should see the same screen, you establish connections to the same guacd exactly as for any other connection, except you pass in the connection ID instead of a protocol using setConnectionID(): http://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/doc/guacamole-common/org/apache/guacamole/protocol/GuacamoleConfiguration.html#setConnectionID-java.lang.String- guacd will join the new connection to the existing connection, automatically synchronizing state to the new client, and then replicating incremental state changes across all users sharing that connection. - Mike
