-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ariel,
1) Sort of, and only for Linux - There is a fairly old "Lab" module that brokers access to Linux systems. It only controls who can log in via ssh. It doesn't do anything to actually install the lab computers. We recently wrote an updated version of that for use here at NCSU. However, we have't done anything to generalize it to make it available to ASF at this point. VCL is very modular and writing your own version of this would not be too difficult if you wanted to try that. 2) If you are using LDAP authentication against AD, you can follow the steps under "Mirroring LDAP User Groups" on this page: https://vcl.apache.org/docs/ldapauth.html to get the AD groups into VCL. The only way to limit the time users can make reservations is by using the schedules assigned to computers. Schedules work on a weekly basis. The schedule controls when the computer is available to anyone, not just specific groups. So, having 2 groups with 2 different schedules for the same computers is not supported. If that's what you are wanting, you could probably do it in a hacky sort of way by having multiple entries for the same computers and assigning different schedules to them. However, you would have to be really careful that the schedules never overlapped. If they did overlap, you could run into weird problems where multiple reservations could be assigned to the same actual computer at the same time. 3) Nothing exists to do that currently. There are Block Allocations which are close. Block Allocations preload a set of computers and make them available to only a specific user group for reservations during time windows. That allows the users in the group to be able to quickly make a reservation without having to wait on the full deployment time. We've found having the computers ready and set aside for reservations by the desired group works better than actually making the reservations for the users for a number of reasons. Josh On Friday, December 18, 2020 2:06:12 PM EST MARTINEZ, ARIEL wrote: > Hello, > > Just a few questions, and sorry if these are documented already, but can VCL > do any of the following? > > > 1. Can VCL manage reservations on physical lab computers? > 2. Can reservation privileges be limited to specific AD Groups at > specific times? 3. Is there a possibility to automatically create > reservations on a recurring basis for an AD Group? > > Thanks > > ________________________________ > This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended > recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. Eco-Tip: Think > green before you print. - -- - ------------------------------- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found on pool.sks-keyservers.net All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQRMIdRtWXideTZDK31X8tBw1209AwUCX+EVFQAKCRBX8tBw1209 A803AJsHlzzVQcuvlx9HzA/JpzQp2R382ACfd3b9s4VvOMA7W3Fep8+SbdcECJA= =AH9O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
