I finally got access to some machines with more resources than the
free VMware ESXi license allows which pushed me into trying kvm
instead. Seems capable enough for what I need and can even import and
run the existing vmdk images I already have. But, I have some
questions about accessing the virt-manager console remotely for
initial configuration, etc.. Normally I use freenx for remote GUI
access and it seems to work except that on the Windows guest I tried
the cursor position never stays in sync. Are there better ways to
get remote access to the GUI or centralize access to a group of KVM
servers? Or do most people automate the VM setup to the point where
they don't need console access until it is up on the network where you
can connect directly to the guest?
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Les Mikesell wrote:> I finally got access to some machines with more resources than the > free VMware ESXi license allows which pushed me into trying kvm > instead. Seems capable enough for what I need and can even import and > run the existing vmdk images I already have. But, I have some > questions about accessing the virt-manager console remotely for > initial configuration, etc.. Normally I use freenx for remote GUI > access and it seems to work except that on the Windows guest I tried > the cursor position never stays in sync. Are there better ways to > get remote access to the GUI or centralize access to a group of KVM > servers? Or do most people automate the VM setup to the point where > they don't need console access until it is up on the network where you > can connect directly to the guest? >mark, not being helpful but unable to control himself.... "Your cursor has moved. Please restart Windows (tm) to have this change take effect...."
On Wed, 2013-06-05 at 12:43 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:> I finally got access to some machines with more resources than the > free VMware ESXi license allows which pushed me into trying kvm > instead. Seems capable enough for what I need and can even import and > run the existing vmdk images I already have. But, I have some > questions about accessing the virt-manager console remotely for > initial configuration, etc.. Normally I use freenx for remote GUI > access and it seems to work except that on the Windows guest I tried > the cursor position never stays in sync. Are there better ways to > get remote access to the GUI or centralize access to a group of KVM > servers? Or do most people automate the VM setup to the point where > they don't need console access until it is up on the network where you > can connect directly to the guest?Use use Remmina as a client and freenx on most of my servers. Remmina supports NX, RDP, VNC, native X11 and others an can tunnel any over ssh. That being said, I've heard some people say some very good things about Spice (not to be confused with the electrical engineering Spice as in gnuspice), which is NOT support by Remmina. Someone told me that Spice was only usable for host to VM remote desktops but, the last I heard, it looks like it's approaching a general purpose remote desktop that can outperform NX. But it's really hard to beat NX.> -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.comRegards, Mike -- Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 985-6132 | mhw at WittsEnd.com /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/ | (678) 463-0932 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all PGP Key: 0x674627FF | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 482 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20130605/e9fcd080/attachment.sig>
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:> On Wed, 2013-06-05 at 12:43 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> I finally got access to some machines with more resources than the >> free VMware ESXi license allows which pushed me into trying kvm >> instead. Seems capable enough for what I need and can even import and >> run the existing vmdk images I already have. But, I have some >> questions about accessing the virt-manager console remotely for >> initial configuration, etc.. Normally I use freenx for remote GUI >> access and it seems to work except that on the Windows guest I tried >> the cursor position never stays in sync. Are there better ways to >> get remote access to the GUI or centralize access to a group of KVM >> servers? Or do most people automate the VM setup to the point where >> they don't need console access until it is up on the network where you >> can connect directly to the guest? > > Use use Remmina as a client and freenx on most of my servers. Remmina > supports NX, RDP, VNC, native X11 and others an can tunnel any over ssh. > That being said, I've heard some people say some very good things about > Spice (not to be confused with the electrical engineering Spice as in > gnuspice), which is NOT support by Remmina. > > Someone told me that Spice was only usable for host to VM remote > desktops but, the last I heard, it looks like it's approaching a general > purpose remote desktop that can outperform NX. But it's really hard to > beat NX.I don't really understand the details yet, but it looks like a vm can be configured to use vnc or spice for its console - but how do you get the connection established somewhere other than the virt-manager running at the host? What client would you use to do this and how do you know the connection details? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: .........8<...........8<........> run the existing vmdk images I already have. But, I have some > questions about accessing the virt-manager console remotely for > initial configuration, etc..ssh -X <someuser>@<remote_virt_host> 'sudo virt-manager' where someuser has sudo rights to the virt-manager. -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device
On 06/05/2013 01:43 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:> I finally got access to some machines with more resources than the > free VMware ESXi license allows which pushed me into trying kvm > instead. Seems capable enough for what I need and can even import and > run the existing vmdk images I already have. But, I have some > questions about accessing the virt-manager console remotely for > initial configuration, etc.. Normally I use freenx for remote GUI > access and it seems to work except that on the Windows guest I tried > the cursor position never stays in sync. Are there better ways to > get remote access to the GUI or centralize access to a group of KVM > servers? Or do most people automate the VM setup to the point where > they don't need console access until it is up on the network where you > can connect directly to the guest?I would say that the best method is to convert your display to Spice (if this is running on CentOS 6), then use "spicy" or "spicec" to connect to the server and port. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Spice-libvirt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20130611/7ca74a50/attachment-0005.sig>
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:> > > I would say that the best method is to convert your display to Spice (if > this is running on CentOS 6), then use "spicy" or "spicec" to connect to > the server and port. > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Spice-libvirtIs there a reasonably 'safe' way to convert an existing eth? configuration that is being used for your remote access into the slave port for a bridge? Or do you just have to edit the config files and hope there are no typos so it will come back after you restart the network or reboot? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com