Hello Everyone... I just found an open source web application called Guacamole ( http://guac-dev.org/) which can be used to share rdp and vnc connections over a webbrowser..the user connections can be provided using xml or ldap....I was thinking about using it to create a service for cloudstack VDI. Like creating a template and running the service on multiple VMs and using a load balancer for the incoming requests and providing virtual desktops. I think this might be a feasible solution for cloudstack VDI support. Can somebody please give me or share views about the idea here??
Regards On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:44 PM, sergio tonani <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > we are working on a solution to deploy virtual desktops (and servers too) > using cloudstack and a front end portal developed in python by our team. We > have customized the kvm agent to support spice. In future we want also > support rdp and other protocols like x2go. > The solution will be available with open source license in spring 2015. > > > > We will make a point of keeping you up to date > > > > Regards > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Il 10 dicembre 2014 alle 19.04 Ignazio Cassano < > [email protected]> ha scritto: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, if you do not want to modify acs to add spice support you could > use > > > > ovirt : it is not a desktop as a service platform but it let you to > add > > > > some user permissions and it supports spice. > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Ignazio > > > > Il giorno 10/dic/2014 17:29, "Nux!" <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > > > > > > > > Until ACS supports Spice, if ever, I think you're better off with > "on-VM" > > > > > softare such RDP for Windows and X2GO/NX for Linux. > > > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > Lucian > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > > > > > > > > > Nux! > > > > > www.nux.ro > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Tilak Raj Singh" <[email protected]> > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 9 December, 2014 19:37:55 > > > > > > Subject: Re: Desktop as a service > > > > > > > > > > > Hello John, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. Have looked at XenDesktop but I am looking > for > > > > > some > > > > > > open source alternative to this..Is there something else > available for > > > > > such > > > > > > tasks which can be used for both windows and Linux... > > > > > > I found a few alternatives like spice ( > http://www.spice-space.org/ > ), > > > > > apache > > > > > > VCL (http://vcl.apache.org/) and cantivo (http://cantivo.org/) > > > > > > I wished to know if any of these an be used with cloudstack? If > yes then > > > > > > can someone please guide me how to do that? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:43 AM, John Kinsella <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > On Dec 5, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Tilak Raj Singh < > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Hello Everybody, > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > I am new to cloudstack so I dont know if I am going off the > topic > > > > > here. I > > > > > >> > wished to know how to setup Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) > using > > > > > >> > cloudstack. I browsed the net and found that openstack has the > > > > > >> capabilities > > > > > >> > to setup this feature. Does cloudstack can be used to deploy > such a > > > > > >> > service? If yes some links for the same would be highly > appreciated. > > > > > Also > > > > > >> > if cloudstack does not have that capability then is there some > > > > > >> alternative > > > > > >> > to this? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Hi and welcome! CloudStack can be used with Citrix XenDesktop > and > > > > > XenApp > > > > > >> to provide VDI services for users. It’s covered in the > XenDesktop > > > > > >> install/setup docs (just replace CloudPlatform with CloudStack) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Another thing I wanted to know is how to instantiate virtual > machines > > > > > >> > automatically if the load is increased. Have read about load > balancing > > > > > >> and > > > > > >> > I guess its regarding this only. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> If you mean for VDI, XenDesktop can manage this once connected > to > > > > > >> CloudStack. If you mean outside of that setup, the phrase you’re > looking > > > > > >> for is “autoscaling.” Currently it works with either NetScaler > load > > > > > >> balancers or XenServer virtualization. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > The architecture I wish to setup is to provide VDI to several > users on > > > > > >> > demand via browsers, where the compute is done on the virtual > > > > > machines. > > > > > >> Now > > > > > >> > when suppose 10 users are simultaneously using this Virtual > Desktop > > > > > the > > > > > >> > load on the VM increases so cloudstanck spawns another VM to > share the > > > > > >> load > > > > > >> > of these 10 users to 5 each on these two VMs created. I hope > my doubt > > > > > is > > > > > >> > clear. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Yep - XenDesktop will do that for ya. :) > > > > > >> > > > > > > > John > > > > > >
