Hi Chris, You shouldn't need to do anything at the VM level. Cloudstack will provide VNC access via Cloudstack
http://fresnostate.edu/csm/csc/user-guides/connect.html Shows a good example. Tracy On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Chris Miller <c...@tryx.org> wrote: > HI Folks, > > I'm not clear on what services the cloud platform brings to bear and what > configuration of my virtual machines I have to do to both accommodate > cloudstack or compensate for cloudstack. > > If I deploy, say, a Fedora image to my cloudstack cloud absent any > specific configuration, will I be able to use its desktop through, say, a > browser? Obviously, if the Fedora image is properly configured, I could use > VNC or RDP, but does this mean I need to deploy a properly "pre-configured" > image, or does cloudstack have a mechanism where this configuration is > "asserted" during spin up or installation in the absence of any overriding > configuration? These also mean I have to have the native clients on my > local machine, and the world is moving toward the universal client, the web > browser, so is there a browser-based way to interact with my virtual > machines' desktops? > > And that leaves the final question. Do I configure an image and deploy it > knowing that it will live in a cloud absent display hardware, or can I do > an install to my cloud and expect that the resulting image will have some > method of connection over and above ssh, like some form of remote desktop > provided as a service of the cloud platform? > > Thanks for the help, > > Chris. >
